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My brother actually laughed at dinner and said, ‘I sold that useless laptop of yours for five hundred bucks. Finally got rid of your junk.’ My cousins cheered him on. Then he added, almost proudly, ‘Already handed it off to the buyer.’ I got up, stepped outside, and called my supervisor. By the time I made the report, the FBI cyber team was already tracking the device…

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looked at Derek again. “We need the buyer’s information now.”

“I told you, I don’t know his real name,” Derek said. “It was Facebook Marketplace. Cash.”

“What profile?”

“I—I can show you.”

They took his phone. He resisted for maybe half a second until another agent stepped closer and whatever courage he had vanished.

Sophie, who lived online, whispered,continue reading …

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