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Just a thought: could Gerald Cotten have also been a stolen identity, as his co-founder Michael Patryn was (Michael Patryn was actually "Omar Dhanani who was co
by astoor 5y ago
Just a thought: could Gerald Cotten have also been a stolen identity, as his co-founder Michael Patryn was (Michael Patryn was actually "Omar Dhanani who was convicted on identity theft charges in the U.S. and served 18 months in Federal prison"[0])? It would be much easier to fake the death of a stolen identity and reassume your real identity, rather than fake the death of your real identity and assume a stolen one for the rest of your life.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_Fintech_Solutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_Fintech_Solutions
- rosndo 5y ago“Identity theft” hardly ever refers to actually assuming someone else’s identity.
- stevbov 5y agoYes, identity theft includes things as basic as using someone else's credit card. I learned that when I reported that someone rifled through our car, took a credit card, and tried to use it at a gas station. It kinda surprised me.
- csomar 5y agoHe stole your money and both your identity (when making the transaction, as he is not authorized). Just pondering, not a lawyer.
- franga2000 5y agoThis Mitchell and Webb skit feels relevant https://youtu.be/CS9ptA3Ya9E https://youtu.be/CS9ptA3Ya9E
- btilly 5y agoIt is rare relative to stolen credit cards. But I wouldn't call in excess of 700,000 cases/year to be "hardly ever". See https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vit14.pdf https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vit14.pdf for comparative numbers for 2012 and 2014.
- rosndo 5y agoThat 700k is not referring to someone actually assuming someone elses identity. A tiny fraction of them might be, but tax return fraud or unemployment fraud seem like far more likely options.
- csomar 5y agoHow can you steal an identity and travel in today's world? There are only a few countries that still make passport which are not biometric.
- mrsuprawsm 5y agoApparently it's quite easy if you have a passport from a country considered wealthy (e.g. EU). >According to document sellers, it is impossible to fake a working biometric chip, but at many border crossings officials checking passports simply ignore those that don’t work, waving the passport holder through. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/31/revealed-how-fake-passports-allow-is-members-to-enter-europe-and-us https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/31/revealed-how-f...
- csomar 5y agoWow. So they collected all this data and complicated all these lives and in the end... the system doesn't work?
- mindslight 5y agoObviously. The authoritarian impulse is rooted in control, not ultimate effectiveness.
- donnythecroc 5y agoHe has a pilots licence. There is a podcast about this that explains it well but basically it's not hard with that kind of money.
- inopinatus 5y agoIs there some kind of contest to produce the most outlandish explanations of this matter? As an total outsider I’m accustomed to the cryptocurrency echobubble blaring like a sackful of unhinged hyenas, but the apoplectic conspiracy-mongerong on display seems off the scale.