She alleges investigators relied on the facial recognition result to pursue her arrest despite evidence that she was in Tennessee when the crimes occurred.
Police in Fargo and neighboring West Fargo had been investigating a series of incidents involving a woman who allegedly used stolen identities and false identification to withdraw money from banks.
During the investigation, West Fargo police ran a photograph from a fake ID through Clearview AI facial recognition software.
West Fargo shared the information with Fargo investigators, and Lipps alleges Heck relied on the result while pursuing the arrest warrant.
Zibolski said Fargo had identified “a couple of errors” in its investigation and issued new restrictions governing facial recognition searches.