Man who escaped Oregon prison 30 years ago was found in Georgia with a stolen identity, authorities say | CNN
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A man who escaped from an Oregon state prison nearly 30 years ago and stole the identity of a deceased child was captured in Georgia on Tuesday, according to authorities.

The discovery of the stolen identity came after new investigative technology employed by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service developed new leads in the case this year, the Marshals Service said without elaborating about the technology.

Facial recognition?

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It used to be trivial to steal the identity of a dead child, obtain a SS#, and build a fake identity. There were manuals you could buy to walk you through it. Changes to the system like issuing SS#s at birth and computerizing databases has made this technique obsolete.