WELLSVILLE — Paul Ceglia is a wanted fugitive and many believe he is in Ireland, a country for which he has dual citizenship, as he looks for justice in a lawsuit to get ownership of Facebook and the social media company looks to have him convicted on mail and wire fraud charges.



Ceglia, 43, has exchanged e-mails with Bloomberg News and an article on bloomberg.com on Tuesday documented part of the exchange.



Ceglia told Bloomberg he had to take his family and flee because there was a “very credible” threat he would have been jailed and killed before a trial. He said he knows about alleged CIA involvement with Facebook.



He also told Bloomberg’s Bob Van Voris, he is “far from U.S. soil to be sure” and wants friends and family to know he’s “alive and well and ‘Living on the Air in Cincinnati,’ “ which is a line from the theme song to WKRP in Cincinnati, a television show from the late '70s and early '80s.



Ceglia wrote Bloomberg, “Some of your readers may surely think my lawsuit against Facebook was bogus, but if they consider themselves Americans, then they should defend to the death my right under the Constitution of the United States to have a jury” make that decision. I felt I had no one in government I could trust. An opportunity presented itself, so I MacGyver’d some things together and started running for my life.”



The second pop culture reference, “MacGyver’d,” is a line from the ‘90s television show “MacGyver,” in which the main character found ways to get out of things. Ceglia rigged up a contraption in March 2015 to get out of an ankle monitor and flee his home. On March 8, 2015, United States marshals and the State Police found Ceglia’s court-ordered ankle bracelet hanging from a homemade motorized contraption mounted on the ceiling. Prosecutors said the device was intended to keep the bracelet moving to make it appear that Ceglia was still in his house.



There is a $5,000 reward for helping to find Ceglia.



The CNBC television show “American Greed” recently featured Ceglia and his case against Facebook and how it turned into charges against Ceglia. The show also mentioned he would buy and sell houses. Ceglia told Bloomberg he has “a regular job” and plans on buying and selling houses to make more money.



Rebecca Smith, supervisory deputy US marshal for the U.S. Marshals Service, Western District of New York in Buffalo, told the Daily Reporter recently, “At this time, Ceglia could be anywhere in the world. We have no concrete information to his whereabouts. He could possibly be traveling in Europe, but that has not been confirmed. We believe he is still in the company of his family — wife Iasia and their two boys (Joseffinn and Leeman) — therefore, any information about the whereabouts of his family could potentially lead to his arrest. Every tip will continue to be investigated thoroughly. All tips are welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated. With a fugitive as cunning as Ceglia, it will take the assistance of the people to come forward with information to narrow down the search and bring this fugitive into custody. The tip line is 1-800-336-0102. Any information received will be investigated.”



Ceglia added to Bloomberg that his family and the dog are doing well.



“Everyone including our dog is happy and in good health,” Ceglia wrote in one of four emails to Bloomberg. “It has been a difficult and scary year for Iasia and I but faith in God has seen us through and a determination to get justice has inspired me to keep going.”



During a phone interview with The Daily Reporter, Ceglia’s attorney, Robert Ross Fogg of Buffalo, talked about the case and what could be next.



Fogg said the e-mails “make sense in a little way” and he thinks Paul did the right thing letting people know that the family and the dog were doing well.



“I think that’s paramount. For a while, the wife’s sister said she was forced and kidnapped. That’s a different charge, that’s false imprisonment and kidnapping and that’s not the case,” said Fogg. “From my standpoint, I was concerned if he didn’t do the gadget thing (to escape), someone else did it. It relieves me and I’m sure everyone else as well. So that is good, I like that part.”



Fogg said he does not know where Ceglia is.



Apparently he is nowhere around,” said Fogg. “I haven’t heard from him and I think Paul is smart enough not to (contact anyone).”