To be real clever, he did not approach the website >with the car adds directly. Police found out the add was approached >trough a US anonymizer called SURFOLA.com. SURFOLA.com claims on their >website : >"We will not give out your name, residence address, or e-mail address >to any third parties without your permission, for any reason, at any >time, ever." > >The Utrecht police informed the FBI, and asked for assistance. Within >24 hours, the FBI cracked the case, supplying the Dutch police with >a '@wxs.nl' e-mail address and some paypal.com financial data. >This data led to the 45 year old chip programmer. >After his identity was known, the police ofcourse started surveillance on >him. The 'desert terrorist' was arrested red-handed when he withdrew money >from an ATM using the world-card copy....
He should have used a open WiFi hotspot at someone's home in a neighborhood far from his home.
steve