Facebook Claimant Paul Ceglia Charged With Faking Contract
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Paul Ceglia, who sued Facebook Inc. and its chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, was arrested and charged with fabricating evidence to support his multibillion-dollar claim that he owns part of the world’s biggest social network.
Ceglia faked e-mails from Zuckerberg, destroyed evidence and forged the 2003 contract on which he bases his claim, U.S. prosecutors said. Ceglia was arrested today by federal agents at his home in Wellsville, New York, according to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.