Can this be reported to police?

My friend went on vacation a few days ago. While she was gone someone signed into her facebook (no one knows how they got the password) and made all her friends believe she was in the hospital dying. My friend is back and is pretty sure she knows who did...

it.

If she finds proof this person did it, can the person get in trouble for it? Would it be considered hacking (which I've heard is illegal)?

Yes it's considered hacking,if the authorities find out who do it,that person can be in serious trouble,have her contact Facebook about this issue.

yes I can you guys should make sure that that person did it first tho

She's going to contact Facebook and see if they can maybe trace an IP Address. If they can, she'll call the police about it.

yes, I believe so,

yes
she should report the person ASAP!
have them charged

I think she's just gonna try to find proof they did it and report them for stealing her phone (which they did steal). But she'll contact Facebook about this.

actually probablly not
unless she was making death threats or something
the internet is a hard place to find particular people
so unless you know exactly who the hacker is
the police cant do much about it
the best thing you can do is change your password or/and e-mail address
also contact facebook about it
but unless you know exactly who it was and have proof
the police cant do much
and even if you did
its still doubtful that theyll do much about it

If they are in the US? Absolutely.

And, given the lawsuit against Craigslist recently (well, the threatened lawsuit, which was then retracted, by the Attorney General of South Carolina) cash strapped state governments would LOVE to make a public statement over a high profile site like that.

Yes, the person can get in trouble if she can prove they really did it. That's considered hacking and the cops tend to frown upon that lol.