Sondra Arquiett was "catfished" in 2010--by a DEA agent who created a fake Facebook account using Arquiett's identity to pursue suspected criminals online.
But it doesn't stop there. The same DEA agent accessed Arquiett's cell phone to post compromising photos of her on the account, free for anyone else with an account to see. The profile has since been deleted, and the Justice Department is investigating the incident (after Buzzfeed broke the story on Oct. 6), but the government doesn't think the DEA agent did anything wrong.
From the story: "The government’s response lays out an argument justifying Sinnigen’s actions: 'Defendants admit that Plaintiff did not give express permission for the use of photographs contained on her phone on an undercover Facebook page, but state the Plaintiff implicitly consented by granting access to the information stored in her cell phone and by consenting to the use of that information to aid in an ongoing criminal investigations [sic].'"
Read the full investigation at Buzzfeed.