'State investigators - convinced that the plaintiffs had been involved in an identity theft - came to the residence to take pictures of assets.'

'Threats began to be made against the plaintiffs by individuals who were convinced that the perpetrator of internet scamming lived at the residence,' court documents say.

In fact, any number of issues, from missing persons to computer fraud and even attempted suicides, have sent to 'local, state or federal officials' to the Arnolds' place. They received a visit by Butler County Sheriff's Department looking for a stolen truck amid several other intrusions, according to documents filed with a Kansas court. It's meant that the pair been investigated for a host of nefarious activities linked to some of the IP numbers. MaxMind chose the location of the property, which the couple have rented since 2011, as the default spot for any IP addresses they couldn't pinpoint further than by country.Īfter years of being mistaken for spammers and scammers the Arnolds have decided to take action. But they can often be more vague than that, and sometimes give inaccurate information. IP addresses, which are identifiers associated with computers or networks of computers connected to the internet, commonly identify individual properties. The pair's home has been linked to the IP addresses because it's close to the geographical center of the United States, according to an April investigation by Fusion (opens in a new tab). Mom discovers security cameras hacked, kids' bedroom livestreamed

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