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October 14, 2009
Fraud Fugitive Caught Through Facebook
If you want to live a life of crime, you may not want to add former Justice Department officials to your friends list. This did not occur to Maxi Sopo who has been arrested for alleged bank fraud after posting his whereabouts on Facebook.
Sopo was posting how he was living the good live in Cancun, after eluding US authorities who sought him for over $200,000 in bank fraud.
"He was making posts about how beautiful life is and how he was having a good time with his buddies," said Assistant US Attorney Michael Scoville.
"He was definitely not living the way we wanted him to be living, given the charges he was facing," he told the BBC News.
Posted by Frank Watson on October 14, 2009 12:11 AM
Comments
Karn Evans October 14, 2009 6:44 AM
One way to avoid picking wrong friends (if you get a wrong vibe)is to do a little search verify check called background check on them. That is only if you want to avoid future headaches. Facebook includes all kinds of crowd and quite possibly there are other faces behind the one that are being promoted.
mirek October 14, 2009 10:47 AM
Thanks for the great post. It is amazing how naive some people are to just how small the world is.
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virtual police work at it finest
Mark Smith October 15, 2009 1:59 PM
Some times technology is your friend... sometimes it bites you in the ass. This guy deserved to get caught.
Aussiewebmaster October 15, 2009 2:44 PM
Hey,
Thanks for the great post. It is amazing how naive some people are to just how small the world is.
It is good to hear they caught him.
Karn