So your wanted for fraud, and your in hiding. Don’t you think it would be stupid to reveal your location through status updates? I mean damn, all someone has to do is type your name in Google and your Facebook pops up. This goes to show, Social sites like Facebook can be used as tools to keep an eye on somebody.

A man on the run, wanted for fraud by US authorities, inadvertently revealed where he was hiding through a series of extravagant Facebook updates.

Cameroon-born Maxi Sopo’s messages made it clear he was living the high life in the Mexican resort of Cancun.

He also added a former US justice department official to his friend list who ended up helping to track him down.

US officials say Mr Sopo and an associate falsely obtained more than $200,000 in credit from banks.

In recent status updates Mr Sopo said he was “loving it”, described himself as “living in paradise” and said he was “just here to have fun”.

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