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Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive

Posted by samzenpus on from the poke-on-the-run dept.

alphadogg writes Paul D. Ceglia, who was arrested in 2012 for defrauding Facebook on the claim that he owns half the company, is now a fugitive. Ceglia cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet some time around last Friday and left home in violation of the conditions of his bail, court papers said. Ceglia claimed in a 2010 lawsuit that he was entitled to half ownership of Facebook under a 2003 contract with Mark Zuckerberg, who had done programming work for Ceglia's StreetFax.com.

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  1. Like many former facebook users.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe he just had enough of being monitored all the time?

    1. Re:Like many former facebook users.. by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was probably that 43,278,965th Candy Crush friend request that did it to him.

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      Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
    2. Re:Like many former facebook users.. by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

      He'll be caught soon . . . when he logs on to Facebook to brag about being a fugitive, the cops will know where he is . . .

      . . . with Facebook providing free info to the cops!

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      Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
    3. Re: Like many former facebook users.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Would if he fled years ago and the person wearing the bracelet was his 90 year old grandma who just passed away and her jewlery and the bracelet were removed at the morgue? Meanwhile Paul is staying in a trailer near mark Zuckerberg's house watching him eat his bagel every morning. Then Mark notices him and they talk it out over more bagels. Then they go shopping for the new iPhone watch. Paul pays for both because he was always the gentleman-type.

  2. Re:So did he write facebook or not? by ckatko · · Score: 4, Funny

    But... but... we're supposed to hate Zuckerberg! Next thing you'll tell me Bill Gates was a programmer!

    ... crap.

  3. Re:Is he dangerous? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

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