Comment by pseingatl

Forging a judicial order is trivial. There is no way Verizon or anyone else knows if there is a specific form used in one of the 1700+ counties that comprise the US. Federal subpoenae are even easier because they are uniform and are filed under seal. Verizon can't call the Clerk's office and ask, "did the grand jury really issue a subpoena?" The documents are written on simple copy paper and lack any kind of security features. Expect more of these as word gets out. Also, it's easy enough to file a small claims case and have a subpoena issued. Usually, there's no one to quash the subpoena. Civil subpoenas take a little longer than criminal ones and you have to pay to have them served, but so what?