United States v. Zhyltsou, No. 13-803-cr (Wesley,Livingston, and Lohier), available here
At defendant’s trial for unlawful transfer of a false identification document, the government introduced a printed copy of a webpage that it claimed was defendant’s profile page from the Russian social network VK.com. The printout contained defendant’s photograph, as well as information (defendant’s Skype ID, places of employment,and birthplace) that corroborated testimony of the cooperating witness on whom the government’s case depended.
In particular, the profile listed defendant’s Skype ID as “Azmadeuz,” which was significant because the false identification document at issue had been emailed to the cooperating witness from the address “azmadeuz@gmail.com.” A State Department special agent testified that he had printed the profile page off the Internet, but acknowledged that he did not know who had created the page. Defendant objected, contending that the page had not been authenticated as his, so the printout was inadmissible
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