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EARTHDATE: July 31, 2016

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UNLUCKY CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK: FOILED BY FACEBOOK

by Hazed

A robber has just started a jail sentence, after being caught thanks to Facebook. No, this isn’t one of those dumb criminal stories where he posted details of his crime on social media – instead, it was Facebook’s algorithms that found him.

Omar Famuyide popped up on the website’s “people you may know” feature of one of his victims, who recognised him as the person who had stolen his car at knifepoint. Police then linked the robber to a string of other crimes, including firearms offences.

He was jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of robbery, attempted robbery, possession of a firearm and possession of a knife.

I can’t help wondering just how Facebook managed to make the link between the robber and his victim. Maybe it was simply that they had been logged in the same location…

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36361978

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