Geekzone founder Mauricio Freitas (right). This morning, Mauricio Freitas - the Wellington-based founder of the Geekzone - had two police officers knock on his door around 9.35am. Freitas immediately suspected he had been "swatted" by a disgruntled Geekzone member, who had recently been banned from the forum after breaking its content policies. The two cops arrived in regular uniform and waited politely on the doorstep for several minutes while the Geekzone founder finished his shower (all of the action, such as was, was captured on four Ring cameras that surround the Geekzone head's porch). They probably had intelligence - and it's not hard to find me on the internet, right - but had to check," Freitas told the Herald.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 08, 2021 22:30 UTC