A friend of mine is in trouble :(

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Its a long story... A Facebook story!

My friend had his phone stolen about a year ago, during that period his facebook account got hacked, I'm guessing using some combination of the phone and a computer. They changed his passwords, On both his facebook and his hotmail account.

My friend saw his old account as a lost cause and set up a new account, and ignored the old one.

Fast forward to the present, my friend was taken into custody on allegations of indecent messages, and exposure via webcam.

This all being done, via his old account. An account he didnt even know was still up and running(Due to being blocked)

Now my friend has had all his electronic devices taken, Xbox 360, PS3 and his mobile phone.

He does not own a PC of any type, And he has never even had an internet connection in his home!!

He's due back in the police station on the 21st December, to find out if he's being charged.

Whats pathetic is the account in question was accessed and used just a week ago, to send some quite naughty messages to one of his friends. Surely if the police are investigated all of this, the account in question shouldnt still be active!?

Tonight I decided I was a bit fedup with the fact no one actually seems to be trying to clear his name. So I sent a request off to hotmail, to get access back to the hotmail account that I know is associated with his hacked facebook account.

Things my friend himself should have done, but he's not all that great with computers.

I just hate the fact that so far it feels like the police have done nothing other than take his stuff. And the things taken arent even capable of doing what he's accused of. Webcam?? On a phone? On an Xbox without Kinect? on a PS3 without an Eye?

:(

Best bit, is the officer in charge of this investigation against him, can never be reached!!
 
Surely him having control of the accounts now is quite litteraly the last thing he needs ?
 
Surely him having control of the accounts now is quite litteraly the last thing he needs ?

indeed, I've already sent a request off to hotmail. But I'll leave it. I dont want him logging in, best thing for him at the moment is going to be the active sessions and recognized devices sections on the account.
 
Doesn't Facebook track where you log in from?

The only way I can currently think off to clear your friends name is for him to get his willy out and have them compare and contrast the pictures sent to your friend.
 
I would have thought that you shouldn't be getting involved until he has been cleared. Meddling in an on going investigation is not the way forward. Don't do anything until you have made contact with the investigating officer.
 
Ugh not fun when legal problems and lack of tech knowledge collide... (I know of someone who got off a charge due to the timestamps on a file not matching the time on CCTV footage - they were actually innocent but still timestamps on a file can easily be forged).

That said its potentially viable to do webcam stuff via a phone btw and/or use it for other images that may have been sent and/or the phone storage may have other incriminating evidence.
 
Well I don't think he has much to worry about then. All will become clear in time and he will be allowed to move on.
 
okay so the police have taken his stuff because the hotmail account had his address on.

Surely if he's innocent he can explain to the police wht has happened, tell them to check the i.p which the account has been accessed at and be set free.

If he never had a connection at home, he can't really have accessed it !
 
okay so the police have taken his stuff because the hotmail account had his address on.

Surely if he's innocent he can explain to the police wht has happened, tell them to check the i.p which the account has been accessed at and be set free.

If he never had a connection at home, he can't really have accessed it !

This is just it, from day one he's pretty much said he's not had access to the account since his phone was stolen. Which shows due to it coinciding with the last time he posted on his facebook wall! No status updates, or events. The account is literally just being used by this douche, for the friends and chat feature.

I hope it all goes okay for him, i just cant see how they can clear his name, when the account in question is still active, and still sending nasty messages. Seems they arent doing their job, as surely their job would have closed down the account! stopping more people receiving unnecessary nasty messages
 
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