VOTE: Should Facebook Criminally Charge Paul Ceglia?

Should Facebook sue Paul Ceglia for fraud and send a message that might hopefully prevent him from attempting another forgery against some other victims?

Now that Facebook has produced the so-called smoking gun evidence that Paul Ceglia fabricated evidence in his claim to half ownership of the company, there’s an opportunity to turn the tables: the social network could file a criminal lawsuit against him for fraud and related charges.

But that would only make the drama continue.

Some might argue in favor of ending the litigation as swiftly as possible — and not adding any additional suits — as a public relations strategy.

The idea here would be to remove all the bogus claimants from getting any of the spotlight that Facebook could better use for its own messages.

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