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Prison Inmate Emails His Own Release Instructions To the Prison

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-crazy-enough-to-work dept.

Bruce66423 writes: A fraudster used a mobile phone while inside a UK prison to email the prison a notice for him to be released. The prison staff then released him. The domain was registered in the name of the police officer investigating him, and its address was the court building. The inmate was in prison for fraud — he was originally convicted after calling several banks and getting them to send him upwards of £1.8 million.

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  1. Sounds like Prime Minister material by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amiright?

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  2. Re:This Guy's Talents Should be Put to Good Use by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps MI5 should hire him for penetration testing instead of putting him in jail!

    I think that having inmates penetration test each other is common only in American jails.

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  3. Did he roll out of the prison? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    With balls like this, he is probably unable to walk...

  4. Re:This Guy's Talents Should be Put to Good Use by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dotan, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

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  5. I think I'm in the wrong line... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm supposed to be getting OUT of prison... that guy sat on my face and everything..

  6. Re:He should run for political office by Xenx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why? Because he'd know how to use email?

  7. Kicking themselves by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet those guys in Quebec are kicking themselves. Here they went to all of the trouble to get a helicopter to break them out of jail and all they had to do is send an email!

  8. Re:You are wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its the 99% of bad banks that give the other 1% a bad reputation.

  9. Re: This Guy's Talents Should be Put to Good Use by Barny · · Score: 4, Funny

    You ever seen a grown man naked?

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  10. I heard he called slashdot... by Ecuador · · Score: 1, Funny

    and convinced them to drop the Beta. This guy is good.

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  11. Re:Remember 'Catch me if you can?' by I'm+New+Around+Here · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't think Charles will make a good Queen?

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