Fugitive’s Facebook addiction is his downfall

A fugitive from American justice is behind bars in Mexico, awaiting extradition, after US authorities were able to track him down because he boasted on Facebook of the exotic life he was leading on the run.
 
Maxi Sopo fled the States in February after he realised that federal agents were closing in on an alleged bank fraud scam that had netted more than $200,000. He was caught when investigators discovered his whereabouts thanks to one of his Facebook 'friends'.
 
US agents made the breakthrough when they came across Sopo's profile on the site. Sopo revealed through his status updates that he was "living in paradise" and "loving it".
 
The Cameroonian national, who first came to America in 2003 and made a living selling roses in Seattle nightclubs, also mused that "life is very simple really" but noted that "some of us humans make a mess of it". He further commented that we are only "here to have fun parteeeeeee".
 
These words came back to haunt him when he messed up too - by failing in the simple task of properly vetting his Facebook friends. Out partying. he met a former Justice Department official and added him as a friend.
 
When agents spotted that one of Sopo's contacts might be on their side they asked him to help locate the fugitive. He obliged and police discovered Sopo living in an apartment complex in Cancun, working at a hotel and partying at the resort's beaches, pools and nightclubs.
 
He is now in prison in Mexico City. He  faces up to 30 years in jail in the US if he is found guilty. Last week his alleged accomplice, Edward Asatoorians, was convicted by a federal jury in Seattle. ·