Seems to be the week for social media catching undesirables out. US drug dealer Emmanuel Ganpot was identified by bounty hunter Bill Burgess from his Myspace and Facebook profiles.
Ganpot had been facing 15 years in prison but jumped bail from Florida and fled to Britain, where he changed his name by deed poll to “Neo Masuro” and settled in Surrey. Unfortunately for Ganpot, he set up profiles on Myspace and Facebook using his new name but his own photograph. Bounty hunter Bill Burgess tracked him down after he had noticed Ganpot’s friends linking to his new profile.
He has now been returned to the US where he faces a maximum term of 105 years for his original offence and his subsequent law evasion.
photo credit: Flyinace2000
Tags: Facebook, Myspace, Web 2.0 Applications
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