Saturday, November 07, 2009

Facebook helps track down a criminal

I thought this was funny: Fraud fugitive in Facebook trap:

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A man on the run, wanted for fraud by US authorities, inadvertently revealed where he was hiding through a series of extravagant Facebook updates.
Cameroon-born Maxi Sopo's messages made it clear he was living the high life in the Mexican resort of Cancun.
He also added a former US justice department official to his friend list who ended up helping to track him down.

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More details in Fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook.

(Hat tip: Risks)


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