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Tracking down a con artist with PACER

On Saturday, I posted about Popehat’s “Anatomy of a Scam Investigation,” in which Ken, a former federal prosecutor, is documenting his work to run down a con-artist who tried to rip him off with the “toner scam.” Yesterday, Ken posted a new installment in the series in which he documents the use of PACER, the database of court records, to research crooks. It’s gripping stuff.

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