Facebook Pic Nails Deadbeat Dad for Allegedly Failing to Pay Child Support
By March 24, 2013


Stories about law enforcement officials turning to Facebook for help in prosecuting criminals have cropped up with increasing regularity lately. It seems as though a lot of crooks can’t help but post pictures of their ...

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Canadian Woman Cons Men Using Beauty Pageant Pics
By January 30, 2013


Melissa D. Brandon, a 26-year-old Saskatoon woman, has pled guilty to impersonating Brittany Bjerland, Miss Saskatchewan, via a fake Facebook profile in order to con men out of money. Between June 2011 and January 2012, ...

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Woman Allegedly Poses as Aunt of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim, Sets up Facebook Donation Scam
By December 28, 2012


The FBI and a U.S. Attorney in Connecticut allege that a 37-year-old New York woman, Nouel Alba, used her Facebook account to set up a scam in which she posed as an aunt of one ...

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Irish Sex Offender Outed on Facebook
By November 30, 2012


A sex offender recently released from prison in Northern Ireland fears he may be attacked after his photo was posted on a Facebook page, “Keeping Our Kids Safe From Predators.” His photo and the accompanying ...

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15-Year-Old Molester Has Right to Use Facebook, Other Social Media Sites
By November 12, 2012


A San Diego court has ruled that a 15-year-old boy who molested a toddler and detained a teenaged girl has the right to use Facebook and chat rooms. The court said that because his offenses ...

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Facebook Connection Spoils Con for Insurance Fraudsters
By October 30, 2012


Four Sacramento, California women are suspected of working together to defraud auto insurance companies of more than $37,000. How did they get caught? Like so many other criminals in the 21st century, their Facebook pages. ...

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Bizarre Internet Imposter Dupes Hundreds in 3-Year Cancer Charade
By October 8, 2012


Cindy Choi, a 28-year-old Florida restaurant owner, has been posing as a young man and his brother battling leukemia on Facebook. Choi ran the scam for three years before being detected in July. Choi posed ...

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Woman Goes to Jail for “LOL”ing About a Car Crash on Facebook
By September 13, 2012


A woman in Woodford County, Kentucky is in jail for contempt of court. Her offense? Posting on Facebook about a serious DUI car crash that the court says she caused. Police say that the woman, ...

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X-Factor Facebook Troll Turns Out to be U.K. Police Officer
By September 5, 2012


U.K. Facebook user Nicola Brooks had some strong opinions about a contestant on the singing competition reality show “X-Factor” and made some comments on Facebook that another fan, a police officer, did not agree with. ...

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By September 4, 2012


The parents of a 17-year-old girl decided to take matters into their own hands after discovering their daughter’s boyfriend was a convicted sex offender.                              ...

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