I love this piece of news.
A Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) student of Thane was arrested on Thursday for creating a classmate’s profile and uploading her picture with offensive messages on an online community site without her permission.
Abhishek, 19, a BMS student, first denied committing any such crime but soon confessed. “I don’t understand what happened to me. I just did it,� said Abhishek, who knew Sushama as her classmate in junior college.
And the police did bring in their technological skills into use.
Police Inspector Shekhar Tore of TCC who investigated the matter said, “The orkut server is located in Sweden and therefore it was difficult for us to get information about the person who created the profile. We traced the fake yahoo email ID created on Sushma’s name and then got information about its log-in details. The IP address details of this yahoo account led to Sumer Castle apartment in Thane’s Kolbad area and another cyber café nearby.
I wonder that trifle things like a profile on Orkut can send someone to jail. I am usually amazed by the importance of Internet in people’s lives these days. I remember someone threatened my friend Yusuf and he lodged with the police in Texas and to my surprise police took that seriously. He was assured of protection from online casino
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pranay 10.10.06 at 10:35 am
Dude that hostel video was soooo funny!!!!
Who ever came up with something like this. real cool yaar
Sharique 10.10.06 at 4:07 pm
That’s our hostel tradition and we keep that alive every year
IMeMy 10.11.06 at 3:10 pm
Identity theft is no small violation; it’s a punishable offence in the USA, and I would imagine that to be true in most countries as well.
Sharique 10.13.06 at 1:49 am
I don’t think it is in India. And plus India is still to come to terms with cyber crime
hamsini 10.14.06 at 11:09 am
It’s time they took started taking serious action on cyber criminals!
Sharique 10.15.06 at 2:34 am
and you also be cautious as you many pics on orkut
Ramanujam 10.15.06 at 12:07 pm
This is bad…
one more funny thing which i heard is ppl in a local engg coll in chennai were suspended bcos they we were all in the college community…
“serendipity” looks cool now esp the banner rocks man….since ur’s had a redirect i din change in my blogroll…
updated my blogroll now:)Do link bac to my site if u can;)
Sharique 10.15.06 at 5:23 pm
I thought i already had you. Anyway i have added
I know these colleges and the principles they have..sagaro keeps me informed
Its a self hosted blog so i can change things
aussielass 04.27.07 at 9:10 pm
Good that he went to jail, exactly true that identity theft is no small crime
Vineet 04.28.07 at 1:50 am
Ohhh, stunning news, thanx for information
Dario Western 02.04.08 at 6:15 am
I’m glad that he was chucked in jail for this. Identity theft is a crime, and kids should be taught that ignorance of the law is no excuse even if they think it’s funny to do something like that.
There are a lot of fake profiles on Orkut, especially when it comes to pages for well known musicians and actors. I think Orkut should clamp it’s foot down on this sort of thing as I think it deters other people from wanting to use it.
Mandakini kumawat 11.03.08 at 8:29 pm
Hi,
Myself mandakini, sir i m in lots tension….one boy proposed me after i refuse him he had misused my photo and just made a prone site which is creating problem for me. As i m going to marry in couple of months i dont want any problem . please help me out and ontact me as soon as possible.Many a time i had try to contact orkut but i didnt got any responce.
Hope to get you soon
Thanks
mandakini
Thanks.
Anu 11.03.08 at 9:53 pm
Hi,
My name is anu , sir i m in lots tension….one boy proposed me after i refuse him he had misused my photo and just made a prone site which is creating problem for me. As i m going to marry in couple of months i dont want any problem . please help me out and ontact me as soon as possible.Many a time i had try to contact orkut but i didnt got any responce.
Hope to get you soon
Thanks
ridhima 06.10.09 at 6:55 am
some one had made a fake profile of mine using ma photoes plz help me out nd delete that fake profile
ashwinpias 10.28.09 at 10:54 am
mC !! TMKC @@ NOOB SITE !! iM A HACKER FAKE PROFLIST !!
Christian 05.25.10 at 5:27 am
These laws are bullshit. I am 14 and live in the U.S. and was arrested for the same reason. I have trial on June 17, 2010. I find it funny how law enforcement is wasting their time convicting a 14 year old with a computer.