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iBook ‘Em, Danno

Stupid e-criminals busted. via Herald: 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Beware the all-seeing eye!

In an age when it seems like computer-savvy thieves have a leg up on honest Internet surfers, here’s one victim who turned the tables on a pair of electronic nogoodniks.

A Westchester woman whose Apple laptop was stolen was able to connect remotely to her computer, photograph two suspects, steer the cops to them and get her computer back.

White Plains police used the photos to arrest Edmon Shahikian, 23, of Katonah and Ian Frias, 20, of the Bronx on Wednesday night. They recovered most of the $5,000 worth of electronics stolen April 27.

Cops said the woman got a call from a friend asking if she was online. She said no, but her friend’s computer showed her as being logged on to the Internet.

At that point, the woman signed onto another computer and used the “Back to My Mac” program to determine that her stolen MacIntosh laptop was on the Web. She was then able to log on and use the stolen computer’s camera to photograph the suspects. The cops took it from there.

Topics: Internet, stupid criminals

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 7:10 am on Sunday, May 11, 2008

One Response to “iBook ‘Em, Danno”

1. LB's Rambles Says:
   May 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am

   To Catch a Thief

   Score another point for today’s communication technology: The Boston Herald has a story about how a woman whose computer was stolen managed to use another computer to locate the stolen machine - and then use the multimedia capabilities of the

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