Image Recognition
Facial recognition technology helped catch an 86-year-old Maine man who used his dead brother’s identity to collect extra Social Security benefits. An 86-year-old man accused of assuming his brother’s identity decades ago and using it to double dip on Social Security benefits has been convicted of several charges after being caught by facial recognition technology that matched the same face to two different identities, authorities say. A U.S. District Court jury in Bangor on Friday found Gonzalez guilty of mail fraud, Social Security fraud, passport fraud and identity theft. Gonzalez’s benefits were previously investigated by the Social Security Administration in 2010 for potential fraud, and his benefits were upheld. He later admitted to faking his death under his own identity and continuing with his brother’s identity, the documents indicated.