Caller ID Spoofing Puts Innocent Man In Jail [telecom]

May 11, 2010 6:57 am US/Eastern

Caller ID Spoofing Puts Innocent Man In Jail

Joe Shortsleeve

QUINCY (WBZ)

Imagine police bursting into your home, handcuffing you, and then locking you up for days for something you did not do.

The I-Team says that is exactly what happened to a Quincy man, and WBZ's Chief Correspondent Joe Shortsleeve says this man was set up by someone using a popular technology.

The man does not want people to know his name, but he recounted that cold winter night a year ago when he was making cupcakes in his kitchen.

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