Arrests and Investigations

Discussions about various high-profile arrests, police actions, criminal investigations, and related news stories, including hacker cases like Weev, eCrime busts, and other incidents with shared links and updates.

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0x742 Jun 11, 2020 View on HN

sounds like your friend was targeted by the gov / crime org

tuananh Jun 16, 2022 View on HN

do you have a link or the name/time of the incident?

redml Aug 17, 2015 View on HN

A guy resisting arrest makes front page on hacker news because its near twitter HQ? Seriously?

omega3 May 13, 2022 View on HN

what has happened to this guy, was he investigated?

skinnymuch Jul 24, 2017 View on HN

You're replying to a comment about news of someone being arrested for a similar thing.

droope Jun 5, 2014 View on HN

isn't that what weev did? he sure got arrested and prosecuted for it

ZeroMinx Jun 21, 2011 View on HN

It's on the Met Police site - http://content.met.police.uk/News/eCrime-unit-arrest-man/126...

zardo Oct 15, 2021 View on HN

Looks like they already found the designated felon

reitanqild Jun 6, 2016 View on HN

Report it to the police for one. (Ref Assange.)

phyzome Nov 15, 2025 View on HN

They're referring to the Karen Read case.