The man facing fraud charges for claiming to own half of Facebook Inc. based on a phony contract escaped federal monitors by attaching his electronic ankle bracelet to what prosecutors called a “hand-made contraption” that simulated normal movements.
Marshals forced their way into Paul Ceglia’s house in Wellsville, New York, on Sunday after a pretrial services officer was unable to contact him. They found Ceglia’s ankle bracelet hanging from the ceiling-mounted, motorized device, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Wilson said in court papers Wednesday.
