ask to get catch up on the Paul Ceglia saga ? Watch my report . Ceglia , the so - called@facebookfugitive was arrested today in Ecuador . Now , U.S. prosecutors are trying to have him deport . I talked to a former#Buffalo@FBIofficial about the case.@WGRZpic.twitter.com/VRwrNd1xNQ
— Jeff Preval ( @JeffPrevalTV)August 24 , 2018
Well , until now . Bloomberg reportedthat the 45 - year - old Ceglia has been shoot into custody in Ecuador after detective tailed his married woman back to their home - away - from - home :
Ceglia was arrested Thursday morning , U.S. lawyer Geoffrey Berman wrote in a letter to U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick . officer identified Ceglia ’s wife , Iasia , then followed her base and made the arrest , according to a person familiar with the affair . Ceglia ’s lawyer in the criminal case , Robert Ross Fogg , said he has n’t heard from his guest or from law enforcement officials about the taking into custody .
“ If this is true , then I ’m relieved , ” Fogg say . “ I am hoping that everyone is safe and that everybody gets back safely . ”
Ceglia will come along in court in Quito , the capital , within 24 hours for a hearing on extraditing him to the U.S. , Berman said in the alphabetic character .
Bloomberg remark that to get to Ecuador , Ceglia “ skip out on a $ 250,000 shackle guarantee by his brother and parent , ” which seems like a shit move . But hey , perhaps he mean he could pay them back with all the money he was still somehow going to get out of Zuckerberg . In 2016 , Ceglia netmail Bloomberg to let them have it off he wasdoing just great , saying religious belief and a “ determination to get judge has inspired me to keep go . ” He also claimed his test would exhibit the affair of In - Q - Tel , aCIA - fund venture capital house , in Facebook ’s former developing .
agree to Reuters , Ceglia ’s criminal defense force lawyer Robert Ross Fogg said that he believes there is still a “ impregnable case ” for his client ’s defence , and that there “ truly was a contract bridge ” between Ceglia and the Facebook chief . OK .
If convict , Ceglia could spend up to20 old age in prisonon the original charge alone , though public prosecutor are likely to tack on additional charges related to his flight from the courts .
[ Bloomberg / Reutersviathe Verge ]
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