Wisconsin v. Haluska [1]

On May 20, 2008 Wisconsin realtor Kent Haluska was arrested and charged with criminal defamation.  According to press accounts [2], Haluska posted statements on the Real Estate networking site ActiveRain.com [3] linking a fellow realtor to the Russian mafia.  Haluska was also accused of sending letters to the  realtor's clients telling them that they were funding Russian terrorism.  

Haluska pleaded [4] no contest to three misdemeanor charges in August 2008. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, ordered to have no contact with the victim, banned from real estate work for one year, and required to pay a $1,838 fine [2].