Facebook Fraudster Jumps Bail By Giving His GPS Anklet a Mind of Its Own

A world under house stay forfaking an ownership stakein Facebookis missingafter rigging up an elaborate contraption to make it look like he was still in his home .

Paul Cegliafiled a multimillion dollar mark lawsuitagainst Mark Zuckerberg using falsified emails and an emended declaration that made it look like the Facebook founder screwed him over . After getting caught for fraud , Ceglia was awaiting his own sound trial by ordeal . Hefaced up to 40 year in prison house . And that ’s when he decided topull a magnificent Kevin McCallisterby removing his home pinch bracelet and cook a DIY contraption to give the appearance of human lifein an empty house :

Marshals discovered a handmade appliance link up to the cap , from which Ceglia ’s GPS wristband was dangling , prosecutors write . Its purpose seemed to be to keep the watchband in apparent movement , using a stick connected to a turn out motor . A timekeeper was connected to the bangle ’s battery charger , on the face of it to mimic the report that would have been post if Ceglia had been present and had plugged the battery charger in .

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The verbiage here is vague : It ’s not clear if the “ contraption ” is some sort of ceiling buff or something even more mobile . Quite ingenious , though it lacks the je ne sais quoi of , say , a dancing Michael Jordan cutout .

Of course , it ’s not really telling that this swindler rigged up a icky version of something a fabrication 10 - twelvemonth - erstwhile did well , and it ’s specially not impressive that law enforcement was fooled by such a down - technical school set - up . Like , did they think Ceglia was in his firm constantly spinning around near the ceiling ? perchance it ’s time we upgrade to technical school Rube Goldberg could n’t scotch . [ Chicago Tribune ]

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