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Brandon Klayme lost 18 months of his life because of a single username typo in a police investigation
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Attack of the Fanboy
Authorities were searching for the Kik username fus__roh_dah but instead entered fus_roh_dah, linking them to Klayme’s account rather than the actual suspect’s.
A Nova Scotia court later overturned his conviction, ruling that the case against him was built on the incorrect username connection.
Because of the missing underscore, investigators were directed to Klayme, a Canadian citizen whose account had no connection to the alleged offenses.
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has acquitted Brandon Klayme and found him factually innocent.
The subpoena used during the investigation contained the incorrect username, missing the extra underscore that separated his account from the actual suspect’s account.