An Indiana woman locked in a messy divorce posed as a teenage girl on Facebook in a bid to get damaging information from her estranged husband.
Angela Voelkert set up a Facebook account in late May under the name of Jessica Studebaker, giving her age as 17.
The true identity of the girl seen in the photo is not known, nor is it clear where Mrs Voelkert got the image.
Mrs Voelkert, 29, used the bogus Facebook profile to ‘friend’ her estranged husband David, 38.
She then asked a friend to email her husband through the Facebook account because she feared he might recognise her ‘style of writing’ and any expressions she used.
Within days of becoming friends, Mr Voelkert began exchanging Facebook messages with ‘Studebaker,’ telling the teen about his children, his wife and his plans.
Based on their messages, FBI agent arrested Mr Voelkert on Friday on a felony charge for allegedly installing a listening device in her vehicle.
The Facebook plot is detailed by FBI Agent Robert Dane in a sworn affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in South Bend.
On May 26, Mr Voelkert wrote that he had sold his business and ‘planned to move somewhere warm with his kids, that he was still going to his next court dates, and would take off soon after.’
Mr Voelkert, the affidavit states, runs a South Bend business that sells and installs sophisticated video and audio equipment, and counts police departments among its customers.
By Wednesday afternoon, Mr Voelkert’s Facebook page still had ‘Studebaker’ among his 152 friends.
