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Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams
An anonymous reader writes "During several months of 2009, Moscow police looked at fake pictures displayed on their monitors instead of what was supposed to be video from the city surveillance cams. The subcontractor providing the cams was paid on the basis of 'the number of working cams,' so he delivered pre-cooked pictures stored on his servers. The camera company CEO has been arrested."
Who wants to bet the only reason any one noticed is because it started snowing and on the cameras it was a typical summer day?
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
It took them five months to uncover this. If the contractor hadn't been greedy, it probably would have gone on a lot longer.
No it wouldn't have, They would have uncovered this within 6 months in any case because of the weather, when it snows and there's no snow on the video feed (queue snow jokes), you know there's something amiss and that's exactly how they uncovered this.
But the knife cuts both ways: Think about pulling that shit on me, and I will pull it on you. Even after jail and death I could get you. I would just have to publicly release the material "showing" your "crimes".
You're one person, with limited resources. Even if you had substantial resources, it wouldn't change the outcome. They will have the element of surprise on their side -- you'll be fighting from the position of having been already discredited. Any evidence you distribute will either trace back to you (and backfire) or will be viewed with suspicion because it looks too convenient. I admire your bravado, but if you were ever faced with that situation, and assuming you could extradite yourself from it and return to public life, there are better ways to spend your resources and you should consider how much your time (and your life) is worth.
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