Prison Guard Fined For Posing As His Boss On Facebook
Rhode Island police caught a prison guard pretending to be his boss on Facebook, and he has to pay a $500 fine.
A Rhode Island prison guard pled guilty last week to “use of fraudulent information” after police arrested him for posing as his boss on Facebook.
The guard, 27-year-old Matthew Lacroix, had used a computer at his neighbor’s home to create the Facebook page, according to The Providence Journal.
The Journal said Facebook took down Lacroix’s creation soon after the Department of Corrections notified the social network. Officials discovered the page in August.
Rhode Island Department of Corrections Director Ashbel T.
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