Employees of the American communications and services provider Verizon have been exposed in a very dubious light during a trial that is taking place in the state of North Carolina. FBI investigators found that the defendant managed to obtain the personal information of the girl who rejected him simply by writing several letters to Verizon with a dubious legend and making a couple of calls.
Robert Michael Glauner, who faces charges of fraud and stalking, met his future victim on the dating section of the porn site xHamster in August or September 2023. After a little mutual flirting, the girl stopped responding to messages from a fan whom she had never seen in person.
But the man, who did not want to put up with the loss of his interlocutor, began calling her and sending messages, which is why the girl changed her number. Glauner was undeterred and wrote a letter to Verizon's enforcement department demanding the victim's full name and new number. He introduced himself as Detective Steve Cooper from the police department of one of the local towns and clumsily forged a PDF file of the warrant, which indicated that the owner of the license plate was allegedly present at the murder scene. At the same time, he sent messages from the email address steven1966c@proton[.]me
After this, Glauner wrote several more times and even called Verizon, indicating in the last conversation with employees of the telecom operator that the owner of the number, according to informants, plans to hide in Puerto Rico. Surprisingly, he was eventually given the girl's new number, as well as some other information Glauner requested. It only took him about two weeks of persistent correspondence.
Subsequently, the stalker not only began to terrorize the girl and her relatives (even to the point of making threatening calls to her father’s place of work), but also found out her place of residence. He sent her another message saying he was planning to come to her house with a rifle, after which the police finally got involved. As a result, Glauner was detained shortly after crossing the North Carolina state line. There was no rifle with him, but he had a folding knife, and he was arrested.
Representatives from Verizon noted in comments to reporters that the company is “cooperating with law enforcement on this issue,” but avoided going into detail.
Robert Michael Glauner, who faces charges of fraud and stalking, met his future victim on the dating section of the porn site xHamster in August or September 2023. After a little mutual flirting, the girl stopped responding to messages from a fan whom she had never seen in person.
But the man, who did not want to put up with the loss of his interlocutor, began calling her and sending messages, which is why the girl changed her number. Glauner was undeterred and wrote a letter to Verizon's enforcement department demanding the victim's full name and new number. He introduced himself as Detective Steve Cooper from the police department of one of the local towns and clumsily forged a PDF file of the warrant, which indicated that the owner of the license plate was allegedly present at the murder scene. At the same time, he sent messages from the email address steven1966c@proton[.]me
After this, Glauner wrote several more times and even called Verizon, indicating in the last conversation with employees of the telecom operator that the owner of the number, according to informants, plans to hide in Puerto Rico. Surprisingly, he was eventually given the girl's new number, as well as some other information Glauner requested. It only took him about two weeks of persistent correspondence.
Subsequently, the stalker not only began to terrorize the girl and her relatives (even to the point of making threatening calls to her father’s place of work), but also found out her place of residence. He sent her another message saying he was planning to come to her house with a rifle, after which the police finally got involved. As a result, Glauner was detained shortly after crossing the North Carolina state line. There was no rifle with him, but he had a folding knife, and he was arrested.
Representatives from Verizon noted in comments to reporters that the company is “cooperating with law enforcement on this issue,” but avoided going into detail.
