| Criminal Runs Background
Check On Himself And Is Nabbed At Cyber-Speed
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -- The Internet has made
law enforcement's job a little easier, at least in the
case of one crook who used a service called Case
Breakers to find out
exactly how much trouble he was in.
Usually, search and background check information is kept strictly
confidential. Except in serious criminal investigations - like,
for instance, if there's a major outstanding warrant out for
someone's arrest!
Prominently featured on the Case Breakers website is this notice:
"Due to the nature of this search,
sometimes when a record is found, a police agency or
government agency may contact us
for information about the case - we will release all information
about the request to the agency."
But apparently this mastermind didn't bother to read the disclaimer.
He provided his legitimate credit card information to order the
$43 outstanding warrant search.
That's money he probably wishes he hadn't spent, because the
transaction was automatically flagged. Thirty minutes later,
FBI agents had his home address and phone number in hand.
Case Breakers reports he's now behind
bars "for a very
long time." Maybe he can use that time to check out a copy
of "Internet for Dummies" from the prison library.
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