Somebody Created A Blog Using My Identity And Used It To Mess With My Life

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    redbonelogicgmailcom · Member ·

    Recently, somebody created a site using my full name and then passed it off as being created by me. They then sent links to the site which of course contained slander. Many people thought I was the person who created the site, and the fake gmail address using my full name, and a whole bunch more.

    The District Attorney is investigating. I have asked to find out the best way for the DA to contact WordPress so that she can send a letter asking that the data in the account be preserved.

    Can anybody help me obtain contact info for the right person or department at WordPress? The the WordPress site was called:

    MyFirstNameMyMiddleNameMyLastName.Wordpress.com

    It has been deleted but as the people who did this have proven to be rather ignorant, there is a good chance they did not clean up their account info.

    Thanks for any help!

    Here are the relevant parts of the California law regarding Online Impersonation:

    528.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person
    who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another
    actual person through or on an Internet Web site or by other
    electronic means for purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening,
    or defrauding another person is guilty of a public offense punishable
    pursuant to subdivision (d).
    (b) For purposes of this section, an impersonation is credible if
    another person would reasonably believe, or did reasonably believe,
    that the defendant was or is the person who was impersonated.
    (c) For purposes of this section, “electronic means” shall include
    opening an e-mail account or an account or profile on a social
    networking Internet Web site in another person’s name.
    (d) A violation of subdivision (a) is punishable by a fine not
    exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a
    county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and
    imprisonment.

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    micawbr · Member ·

    Here’s the support page about legal guidelines: https://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/legal-guidelines/

    The part about serving process and making inquiries may be what you’re looking for.

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