What is the name of your state? we live in GA, but the offender called from Colorado
My fiance is having a seriously tough time with his ex-wife right now, and she's not adverse to causing all sorts of problems for us. Such as this...
A gentleman called my fiance at 11:49pm last Thursday night, claiming he worked for the US Marshals. He was trying to convince and intimidate my fiance into removing some pictures from a site on the internet. The conversation lasted about 10 minutes, and at the end of it, my fiance asked this gentleman for his name and contact info. The guy said his name was "Patrick." When asked for a last name, he replied, "Let's just stick with Patrick."
We had his number from the call, so we did a reverse phone number look-up to see who this supposed US Marshal really was. We were able to obtain his first and last name (his first name is indeed "Patrick"), and his address in Colorado. We also found out that he called from his personal cell phone.
My fiance had serious doubts that this man was indeed a Marshal (he called from his personal number very late at night, he wouldn't give his last name, and he didn't sound terribly professional), as did his father, who was with us at the time of the call. His father took it upon himself to call this gentleman back and ask him a few questions. The guy not only admitted that he was NOT a US Marshal (he said he had some friends that were friends of some guys who were Marshals!) but he also admitted that he was calling on behalf of my fiance's ex. He said they chat online, and she prompted him to do the calling - but he obtained my fiance's number from a site on the internet.
Is this man committing a crime? Is his impersonation of a Federal Officer actually punishable by law? He did not try to obtain any money or services from my fiance. He just stated that he was a US Marshal, and he tried to convince my fiance to agree to remove some pictures.
My fiance is having a seriously tough time with his ex-wife right now, and she's not adverse to causing all sorts of problems for us. Such as this...
A gentleman called my fiance at 11:49pm last Thursday night, claiming he worked for the US Marshals. He was trying to convince and intimidate my fiance into removing some pictures from a site on the internet. The conversation lasted about 10 minutes, and at the end of it, my fiance asked this gentleman for his name and contact info. The guy said his name was "Patrick." When asked for a last name, he replied, "Let's just stick with Patrick."
We had his number from the call, so we did a reverse phone number look-up to see who this supposed US Marshal really was. We were able to obtain his first and last name (his first name is indeed "Patrick"), and his address in Colorado. We also found out that he called from his personal cell phone.
My fiance had serious doubts that this man was indeed a Marshal (he called from his personal number very late at night, he wouldn't give his last name, and he didn't sound terribly professional), as did his father, who was with us at the time of the call. His father took it upon himself to call this gentleman back and ask him a few questions. The guy not only admitted that he was NOT a US Marshal (he said he had some friends that were friends of some guys who were Marshals!) but he also admitted that he was calling on behalf of my fiance's ex. He said they chat online, and she prompted him to do the calling - but he obtained my fiance's number from a site on the internet.
Is this man committing a crime? Is his impersonation of a Federal Officer actually punishable by law? He did not try to obtain any money or services from my fiance. He just stated that he was a US Marshal, and he tried to convince my fiance to agree to remove some pictures.