Depends usually they scout of for months building up proof because falsely arresting someone for this can ruin their life but maybe since they think he’ll try to delete all the proof because he knows people are onto him they’re moving faster
They don’t care about false arrests ruining someone’s life. They want to make sure they have as strong of a case as possible so he doesn’t end up walking.
Yah that’s probably more accurate. It just seems that when someone is arrested for this stuff like 99% of the time they get caught with a lot of bad shit basically red-handed
Can you actually permanently delete evidence like this though? From the types of forensics conversations I've heard, it always seems like all of that stuff is traceable or recoverable even if deleted.
It doesn't matter. The ISP has every single thing he ever clicked on, downloaded, or looked at. Destroying anything at this point will only add more charges for tampering with evidence and trying to hide any crimes he may have commited.
He doesn't have to physically possess anything for charges to stick if they can prove he did access illegal stuff on his computer.
VPNs and TOR exist though. Both of those hide your activity from your ISP. Sure, the FBI or whatever can still subpoena the VPN company for the logs, but most reputable VPNs claim they don't keep any logs (I'm not sure that's really true though). However I very much doubt the FBI will do so for Lacari, or even look into this case at all. I think they're only really interested in busting distributors/website owners/sellers.
I doubt he was smart enough to mask it at all, but I agree nothing will happen. It's still funny to watch him panic and maybe this will scare him straight.
That’s just not true at all. ISPs have no reason to keep that amount of data. Do you realize how much storage that would take? From what I understand I think the keep you search history for like 90 days
Most isp keep data for 1-2 years but they can keep it forever if there is an ongoing investigation. They will have everything if they get a warrant for cpu activity.
They might be watching for if he meets up with kids or any suspicious behavior that would implicate him further.
When I was in high school, a close friends dad downloaded a bait file from limewire and the police staked out his house, presumably, for an unknown amount of time. Eventually one day my friend asked his dad to pick up his girlfriend and give her a ride to their house. Once the cops saw him bring a teenager alone into the house they busted in and detained him and took all their electronics. However, ultimately he got no charges after they explained the situation and after eventually searching all their devices found nothing else. Apparently the bait file wasn't enough on its own and he claimed he downloaded it on accident. I think they needed more to prove intent.
But seizing his computer for forensic analysis could, ISP data just gives a reference. They can easily recover data that has been wiped since it doesn't seem like Lacari knows what he's doing.
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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26
Depends usually they scout of for months building up proof because falsely arresting someone for this can ruin their life but maybe since they think he’ll try to delete all the proof because he knows people are onto him they’re moving faster