Identity theft: US man convicted after assuming dead brother’s identity decades ago

The man used the stolen identity to obtain Social Security benefits under both identities, multiple passports and state identification cards, law enforcement officials said. Photo / 123rfThe man used the stolen identity to obtain Social Security benefits under both identities, multiple passports and state identification cards, law enforcement officials said. Photo / 123rfAn 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, caught by facial recognition technology that matched the same face to two different identities, authorities say. A US District Court jury in Bangor on Friday convicted him of mail fraud, Social Security fraud, passport fraud and identity theft. A new investigation was launched in 2020 after facial identification software indicated Gonzalez’s face was on two state identification cards.