Five convicted sex offenders are behind bars after Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes and Fugitive units caught them illegally using the popular social networking site MySpace.com.
The attorney general's investigators have arrested 28 previously convicted sex offenders who illegally accessed the site since subpoenaing sex offenders' user profiles from MySpace.com in May of 2007.
"Each of the registered sex offenders arrested during this operation were originally convicted of crimes involving young children," Attorney General Abbott said. "Despite clear legal prohibitions, all five of these sex predators accessed MySpace.com. Parents and children alike must remain vigilant about the dangers posed by online sex predators."
Attorney General Abbott said the arrests show MySpace.com's ongoing willingness to cooperate with law enforcement. But he believes work still needs to be done.
"However, until MySpace.com and other social networking sites implement true age verification software, dangerous sex offenders will continue using these Web sites to prey upon young children," said Abbott.
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