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Craigslist CEO: Crooks Who Use Site Will Be Caught

Science & Tech (tags: society, Craigslist, crime, corruption, business, internet, technology, investigation )

Dee
- 242 days ago - news.yahoo.com

MINNEAPOLIS - The chief executive of Craigslist has a message for people who try to use the popular Internet advertising site to commit crimes: You're going to get caught.

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Dee C. (528)

Wednesday April 22, 2009, 5:25 pm
"Violent crimes linked to Craigslist ads in Minnesota and Boston have made headlines, but CEO Jim Buckmaster said Wednesday the site is an "extremely unsafe venue for criminal activity because you're virtually guaranteeing that you're going to get caught."

"That's been the case with nearly every serious violent crime that's been connected with the site," Buckmaster said in a telephone interview from San Francisco, where Craiglist is based. "There's an electronic trail leading to yourself. So don't use Craigslist for crime unless you want to go to jail."

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