DEA Fake Facebook Page: Drug Enforcement Agency Unveils Woman's Identity In Facebook!
DEA's fake Facebook page had a woman reeling with anger over identity and photo hacking.
Buzz Feed reported through Tech News World that the U.S. Department of Energy has indeed made use of a woman's personal information to when they produced a illegitimate Facebook profile. The article reported that the DEA's fake Facebook page was a means of initiating leads for investigations.
The personal photos that the woman owned were cellphone photos. The photos included the woman's son and niece. These photos were published on the fake Facebook account. The woman was only known at the time under the name "Sondra Prince," Tech News World further reported.
Sondra was suspected to have played a role in drug -related activities. However, it was later found out she only played a partial role in the initiation of these activities, hence, got only probation.
Sondra's case was still pending for trial when DEA agent Timothy Sinnigen produced the impersonated Facebook page and publishing the photos on the site without authorized permission.
Sondra Price or Sondra Arquiett in real life is filing charges against the DEA and U.S. government for unauthorized creation of DEA's fake Facebook page under her persona.
Tech News World reported that the DEA defended their stance on the situation by saying that the undercover Facebook page was intended to use for:
"a legitimate law enforcement purpose, during the course of which Sinnigen posed as plaintiff on the undercover Facebook page."
