By Meena Kar,
Seattle, Oct. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) US authorities have arrested Maxi Sopo. He is a fraud and had been escaping from the police for a considerable period of time. As stated by the sources, police had arrested Sopo from Cancun, a beach resort of Mexico. He was enjoying his life in the resorts when the police traced him and finally arrested him. Sources stated that Maxi Sopo was a member of Seattle bank-fraud gang.

The social networking site of Facebook was used for arresting the fraudster. In his Facebook profile, Maxi Sopo had added an official of the Justice Department. He had posted his updates on the Facebook which gave the authority clue about his whereabouts. They tracked him to the place and finally got him arrested.

The name of the official was not revealed. Yet, it was stated that he had met Maxi Sopo few times but did not have any idea about his police record. As stated by the authorities of United States, Maxi Sopo had taken a sum of over two million dollars from the banks. He was enjoying his life with the money he had taken from credit unions and banks. However, posts on Facebook about his happy life led to his arrest.

As stated by the sources, Maxi Sopo is a man of 26 years. At present, he is imprisoned in a jail of Mexico City. Michael Scoville, Assistant of an U.S. Attorney had helped in tracking and arresting Sopo. He said that the posts that Sopo made about his life led to his imprisonment.