10-14-2009, 11:19 AM
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Post Whore!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: It's dark, and hell is hot!
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Steal $200,000, hide in Cancun, Post on Facebook...
...Go directly to jail.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33301490...h_and_gadgets/
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Fugitive busted after accepting friend request
Alleged fraudster added former Justice Department official to friends list
The Associated Press
updated 9:14 p.m. ET, Tues., Oct . 13, 2009
SEATTLE - Maxi Sopo was living the dream of a fugitive abroad, kicking back on the beaches of Cancun by day, partying in the clubs by night.
Then he did two things that are never a good idea when you're on the run from authorities: He started posting Facebook updates about how much fun he was having — and added a former Justice Department official to his list of friends.
That kind of recklessness landed the 26-year-old native of Cameroon in a Mexico City jail, where he is awaiting extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges. Federal prosecutors say he and an associate falsely obtained more than $200,000 from Seattle-area banks and credit unions.
"He was making posts about how beautiful life is and how he was having a good time with his buddies," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scoville, who helped find Sopo. "He was definitely not living the way we wanted him to be living, given the charges he was facing."
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In status updates, Sopo said he was "loving it" and "living in paradise."
"LIFE IS VERY SIMPLE REALLY!!!!" he wrote on June 21. "BUT SOME OF US HUMANS MAKE A MESS OF IT...REMEMBER AM JUST HERE TO HAVE FUN PARTEEEEEEE."
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Sopo explained that he had fled to "the one safe place where i can actually think."
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