Crooks Keep Revealing Their Crimes on Social Media

guest · Mar 9, 2020

Drug traffickers, extortionists, and bank robbers keep posting clues to their crimes on Facebook
March 7, 2020
https://qz.com/1813614/crooks-keep-posting-clues-to-their-crimes-on-facebook/

While phone records and GPS location devices were useful in helping investigators keep tabs on Ruelas-Payan’s location and near-term plans, it was his public Facebook activity that not only confirmed many of these leads but also offered additional clues authorities used to build their case.

Ruelas-Payan posted lengthy videos to the social media platform of himself driving to suspected drug deals, according to a DEA search warrant application unsealed late last month.
Social media has been used in police investigations for some time. In a 2012 survey, 4 out of 5 law enforcement officials said they used social media to solve crimes, and nearly 7 out of 10 said social media helps to close cases faster.
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Yet people often leave a trail of clues on their public social media profiles that investigators can see without ever needing a subpoena.

“If I was still running a squad, we could make a living just off of this foolishness,” Joseph Giacalone, a former New York City detective sergeant who now teaches police procedure at John Jay College, told Quartz.
“It took me multiple months to fully identify Rodriguez-Payan even once I was aware of his nickname and the target Facebook account,” Provenzale’s affidavit says.

Eventually a federal judge signed off on a warrant that directed Facebook to turn over details of Rodriguez-Payan’s activity on the site, including private messages and location information, to the DEA. This, combined with cellphone records, wiretaps, and GPS tracking data, created a digital dragnet too large to evade.

This, combined with cellphone records, wiretaps, and GPS tracking data, created a digital dragnet too large to evade.
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zapjb · Mar 9, 2020

I would think (but idk - not reading more than here) if this was above a certain level that this guys life is worth less than a penny.

mirimir · Mar 9, 2020

Bragging is just so damn hard to resist

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