Law enforcement using Facebook, sometimes undercover
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: a federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.
Sopo learned the hard way: The feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.Tracking Sopo through his public "friends" list, the prosecutor found his address and had Mexican authorities arrest him. Instead of sipping piña coladas, Sopo is awaiting extradition to the U.S.
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