By Nicholas Carlson, 7:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008, 14,629 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)

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After Jerome Kerviel lost his employer, French investment bank Societe Generale, $7.2 billion, he also lost 7 of his 11 friends on Facebook. Smart move by those ex-friends. You never know who's looking at your profile. Of course, at some point, you might be in a similar situation. Because this kind of thing happens all the time. So here's how to defriend that guy who just went into hiding after losing $7.2 billion. You're welcome.

Click where the red arrow points.
Type the fraudster's name where the red arrow points. Then press enter.
Click where the red arrow points.