Official Verification
FBI FOIA Release & Findings
In 2025, a complete FOIA release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FOIPA Request No. 1580342‑000) officially documented a long-term, coordinated campaign of online harassment and identity theft targeting Ricky Lee Pinzon.
1. Profile Impersonation
Federal agents officially recorded that an online impersonator posted copies of Pinzon's passport online and falsely claimed it was a counterfeit document.
Source: FBI FD-302, 06/02/2023
2. Image Manipulation
The FBI documented that bad actors systematically used digital editing tools and software to incorporate images of Pinzon into highly offensive, pornographic content.
Source: FBI FD-302, 06/02/2023
3. False Death Claims
Records establish that coordinated malicious postings were published stating that Pinzon was deceased, causing profound emotional distress to his close family members.
Source: FBI FD-302, 06/02/2023
4. Disrupted Employment
Federal tracking recognized that the severe nature of the online defamation directly caused Pinzon to be rejected from employment opportunities, including a forklift operator position.
Source: FBI FD-302, 01/05/2024
5. Legal Representation Blocks
The bureau recorded details showing that outside attorneys explicitly declined to offer legal representation due to the poisoning of search engine results by bad actors.
Source: FBI FD-302, 06/02/2023
6. Formally Not a Threat
The FBI explicitly noted in formal documentation that Pinzon holds no desire to harm himself or others, and explicitly stated that he is neither anti-government nor anti-law enforcement.
Source: FBI FD-302, 10/28/2022