When I heard someone get called “world’s dumbest criminal”, that caught my attention. The person we’d be talking about today is a Georgia woman, 25-year-old Aleefah Sumpter, who allegedly pilfered a customer’s debit card information on her job at Whataburger. Which she then used to pay probation fines and court fees.

The victim later checked his account, noticed the fraudulent $400 charge, then proceeded to call the probation court that the payment was made to, as well as the police, and it didn’t take them long to figure out what was going on.

Let’s let this sink in: A fraudulent debit charge was used to pay probation fines and court fees.

It’s a crime that’s trivially simple to trace, and there’s no prize for guessing the prime suspect. Who, by the way, the victim was able to pick out of a lineup.

The suspect, Aleefah, agreed to turn herself in on Feb 21. But instead of doing so, she fled to Florida, and her family said that she had been planning the trip before she was charged. Whether she’d be safe from the big, mean felony charge in the land of gators and Mickey Mouse, I don’t know. But I suspect she gave them a flimsy excuse to pass on as she fled. Whatever her reasoning, she’s a wanted woman now, and some are even going as far as calling her the world’s dumbest criminal.

If you’re wondering what Aleefah was originally on probation for, it was a misdemeanor drug offense. That’s pretty much it.

So, is Aleefah Sumpter really the world’s dumbest criminal? Probably not. There are many contenders for that distinction. And maybe some of them are deliberately trying to earn it.

But what’s apparent to me is that Aleefah has a lot to learn about the digital age.