Hanging out on the beaches by day, hitting the clubs by night, Maxi Sopo was living the life in Cancún. He regularly proclaimed on his Facebook that he was happy and having a great time. That would all be well and good for an ordinary American visiting Cancun on vacation, but Maxi Sopo was actually on the run from the law. He made over $200,000 by defrauding US banks before fleeing the country.

Sopo laid low in Mexico for a while before reemerging on Facebook to post multiple photos of himself at events and parties. Investigators could not access his Facebook profile to find out more information about his location, but they could see his friends. Among them was a person who had connections to the Department of Justice, so the Secret Service felt like he would be a discreet person to contact. The friend, who did not know Sopo very well, agreed to help the investigators.

Having effectively traded in his swim trunks for an orange jumpsuit, Sopo now awaits extradition to the United States in a Mexican jail. So, to any future fugitives that might be reading this: Facebook is not the way to go. At least there’s MySpace.