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He went to jail for stealing someone's identity, but it was his all along

272 点作者 rawgabbit3 个月前

17 条评论

mkl3 个月前
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;QZzLG" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;QZzLG</a>
jjmarr3 个月前
&gt; He was consistent and clear when he talked about his identity in California courtrooms as he tried to fight the charges on the grounds that he really was the man whose name he was accused of stealing. But Mr. Woods made other remarks that seemed to amplify the doubts. In court appearances, transcripts show, he would sometimes interrupt the judge, talk about historical figures or assert that he had tried to warn the F.B.I. in advance of the Sept. 11 attacks.<p>I wonder how many people are telling the truth about something, and aren&#x27;t taken seriously because they&#x27;re problematic about something else.
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gs173 个月前
&gt; But unlike the other investigators, Detective Mallory arranged for DNA tests of Mr. Woods’s father in Kentucky — whose identity was certain — and of Mr. Woods, who was then spending time at a shelter in Santa Monica, Calif. A comparison of the results showed that the California man was telling the truth.<p>It&#x27;s really absurd they didn&#x27;t do something like this in the first place. I&#x27;m presuming there was no living family that could tell them which man is which.
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rawgabbit3 个月前
Gift. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;03&#x2F;us&#x2F;iowa-identity-theft-sentencing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.nDr5.FzmTHc1IOy25&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;03&#x2F;us&#x2F;iowa-identity-theft-se...</a>
michael19993 个月前
I wish the times would just call this &quot;identity fraud&quot; instead of &quot;theft&quot;. That mindset of &quot;theft&quot; creates a reverse-onus, while &quot;identity fraud&quot; makes it clear who should bear the risk.
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balderdash3 个月前
It’s ridiculous that no one will be held accountable here (prosectors, police, public defender, etc) other than the guy that stole his identity.
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Dylan168073 个月前
You know, there&#x27;s a good chance that if so many important institutions didn&#x27;t insist on having your life history, the guy that stole his identity wouldn&#x27;t have stolen it. Even if he takes the name, two people can have the same name. It depends on where his motive was in the scale from fresh start to deranged and malicious. And no, I&#x27;m not excusing his later actions.
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croes3 个月前
Previous discussion about that case from 10 month ago<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39938005">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39938005</a>
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rjbwork3 个月前
Lehto&#x27;s Law did a video on this recently. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Zewe9DWLEG8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Zewe9DWLEG8</a>
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fortran773 个月前
There are several judges that need to be removed from their positions and disbarred.
leonewton2533 个月前
Pretty ghetto, he could have just spent $50 bucks and changed his name instead of stealing someone else&#x27;s.
jokoon3 个月前
So apparently, just find somebody who is homeless, vulnerable, similar age and face, and this seems easy to repeat.
tartoran3 个月前
This is so kafkian and am afraid the same story will likely repeat multiple times until addressed.
gunian3 个月前
anyone know why the guy couldn&#x27;t use his own identity?<p>when i first saw this i thought maybe it was immigration etc but seemed like both are americans of european descent the US is usually amenable
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Jolter3 个月前
Hot take: Yet another case of wrongdoing that could have been prevented if the U.S. (or its states) held a canonical registry of people.<p>If you couldn’t take out an ID card using a birth certificate and proof of residence (electricity bill etc weak measures), maybe this con would never have begun in the first place.<p>Almost every developed nation in the world has this problem solved.
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nullc3 个月前
Why was the law involved in any of this in the first place?<p>Had Woods not been charged with identity theft in the first place Keirans&#x27; crime would have been victimless.
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interludead3 个月前
Wow.. The fact that the system repeatedly failed the actual William Woods at every turn, despite his persistence, is infuriating