Fugitive Paul Ceglia, 45, once claimed he owned part of Facebook, arrested in Ecuador, 23 Aug 2018

[cybervampira]

Wellsville man wanted on federal fraud charges and missing since 2015 located in Ecuador

Paul Ceglia, the western New York man who fled to escape charges he faked a contract with Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, is in custody in Ecuador, after more than three years on the lam with his family.

Ceglia, 45, had been missing, along with his wife, two sons and dog, since March 2015, when U.S. marshals forced their way into Ceglia’s Wellsville, New York, home and discovered he’d cut off an ankle bracelet and attached it to a ceiling-mounted, motorized device he rigged to hide his escape. He was awaiting trial on fraud charges in New York.

The U.S. Dept. of Justice confirmed Thursday that Paul Ceglia was arrested Thursday morning in Ecuador. Ceglia will be in court in Quito, Ecuador, within 24 hours, the Justice Department confirmed.



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[fred&edna]

Haven't read all the links yet... but I'm curious... where's wife, Iasia, and children? Didn't they flee with him?

The last link I read provided a little more on wife. And, I didn't know he surface (in emails) in 2016.

Paul Ceglia, the Wellsville man wanted in Facebook fraud case, found in South America