Re: Wireless IP leads to arrest..

[Simon <simon.xhz () gmail com>]

The story seems vague enough to have left out the crucial parts of the
investigation.

It is possible that the investigation started with the IP address
which led the investigation to the house of the suspect and further
investigation proved him guilty.

Simon

On 10/9/07, cobrajet <uby500 () yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am sorry for the delay in getting you more info on this (I was traveling).
> Here's the story as it appears on the web and for the life of me I can't
> fathom what damning electronic evidence they used to arrest this guy? ..or
> for that matter what the crime was (a criminal opinion?)
>
> "Type of Investigation: Forgery and Identity Theft; Date and Time: 3/25/06
> at 1:00 pm; Location: V/Fredonia; Subject(s): xxxxxxxx, of Rock Hill, SC;
> Charges: Forgery 3rd, Identity Theft 3rd; Court: C/Dunkirk; Details of the
> Incident: A five-month investigation concluded in the arrest of above
> subject.  It is alleged that the above subject opened a yahoo email address
> with the name of the victim. The subject then sent a politically charged
> editorial letter to the Observer in the name of the victim.  This letter was
> published.  An investigation into the opened yahoo profile and the sender of
> the letter showed internet addresses that came back to the above subject's
> addresses in South Carolina and Fredonia.  The subject was issued appearance
> tickets for the above charges and will appear in the C/Dunkirk Court at a
> later date.  This incident was investigated by the Chautauqua County
> Sheriff's Office by Inv. Lawrence S. Klajbor."
>
>
> How could they arrest someone using an IP address alone without siezing or
> analyzing anything? How could they determine (from many states away) who did
> what on a wireless PC network without supporting forensics or misc
> investiagting evidence?
>
> I was curious as to your comments/clarity nbecause this looks very odd to
> me.
>
>
>
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>
> security-35 wrote:
> > Maybe it was IP + Mac Address of the Wireless NIC?
> >
> > Where's the full story (link)?
> >
> >
> > Eric Marden
> > xentek: enlightened internet solutions
> > http://xentek.net/
> >
> > On Oct 6, 2007, at 11:03 AM, cobrajet wrote:
> >
> > > How can this be possibile?
> > >
> > > A man in WNY was arrested and sentenced to a year in jail over an
> > > email with
> > > the sole piece of evidence being an IP address? (- and a wirless IP
> > > address
> > > at that?! -) How can they determine from an IP address who in the
> > > house or
> > > on a network is actually on the computer?
> > >
> > > Can anyone explain this to me?8-O
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