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eCrimeBytes Ep 2: Ian Diaz - The U.S. Marshal, the Etsy Sonogram, and the Condo Plot

Imagine a real-life psychological thriller where the villain carries a federal badge. When a high-ranking U.S. Marshal’s relationship with his fiancé imploded over an Anaheim condo, he didn't just walk away—he used his elite training to launch a digital war. Alongside his new wife, he framed his ex-girlfriend for orchestrating graphic "rape fantasy" Craigslist lures and sending death threats to their own front door. To dial up the drama and manipulate the police, the couple even used a fake sonogram purchased from Etsy and a doctored pregnancy test to claim the stress was causing a "miscarriage". The result? An innocent woman spent 88 days in high-security jail facing a life sentence, all while the real mastermind wore a badge and pumped his fist in excitement at her arrest. Today, we are roasting the sloppy OPSEC and the "blue wall of silence" that allowed a federal agent to weaponize the police against the woman he once promised to marry.
Sources and transcript:  https://drkeithjones.com/index.php/2026/04/01/ian-diaz-the-u-s-marshal-the-etsy-sonogram-and-the-condo-plot/
Video: https://youtu.be/FseHJtQ3WNA

eCrimeBytes Ep 1: The North Korean Laptop Farm & Christina Chapman’s $17M Fraud

This case isn’t the story of a criminal mastermind — it’s the story of a woman who quietly turned her Arizona home into a pipeline for North Korean operatives simply because she never once stopped to ask, “Should I be doing this?” Christina Chapman built a “laptop farm,” laundered millions, forged federal documents, and handed hostile foreign actors access to major U.S. companies… all while narrating her crimes in chat logs like she thought no one would ever read them. It’s bleak, it’s bizarre, and it’s a reminder that sometimes the biggest threat to national security isn’t a spy or a hacker — it’s an ordinary person making catastrophically stupid choices over and over again.
Transcript and sources: https://drkeithjones.com/index.php/2026/03/26/ms-chapmans-laptop-farm/
Video: https://youtu.be/vNN9F9N03EE