parting '91 200 20v by Postupak call the FBI

[Brett Dikeman]

At 11:46 AM -0500 1/18/03, ELLIEOLSEN at aol.com wrote:
>Hi Guy's
>
>I"d call the FBI...this is interstate fraud and they would be very interested
>in getting this guy.

Only if it's over $5,000...otherwise, they can't do jack.

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/1030_new.html

(search for "$5,000")


They have better things to be doing, like spying on college students
and
professors(http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=FBI+colleges+foreign+students&btnG=Search+News)
and checking out who you send/receive email with and what sites you
visit
(http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=FBI+internet+spying+privacy&btnG=Search+News).

Anyway, back on topic to the off-topic :-)

The whole $ limit came up recently with a guy who was buying goods on
ebay and bouncing the checks left and right.  He ripped off a guy
selling a Powerbook, and the owner went to a lot of trouble to track
him down, but nobody except the local police department gave a hoot,
because the amount in question was under the limit. Local cops loved
it, they got to do an undercover sting and nailed the guy with a ton
of goods and checks ready to get mailed out for even more goods.

Brett
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