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Fugitive Child Sex Abuser Caught By Face-Recognition Technology

Posted by Soulskill on from the casting-wider-nets-through-technology dept.

mrspoonsi sends this BBC report: "A U.S. juggler facing child sex abuse charges, who jumped bail 14 years ago, has been arrested in Nepal after the use of facial-recognition technology. Street performer Neil Stammer traveled to Nepal eight years ago using a fake passport under the name Kevin Hodges. New facial-recognition software matched his passport picture with a wanted poster the FBI released in January. Mr Stammer, who had owned a magic shop in New Mexico, has now been returned to the U.S. state to face trial. The Diplomatic Security Service, which protects U.S. embassies and checks the validity of U.S. visas and passports, had been using FBI wanted posters to test the facial-recognition software, designed to uncover passport fraud. The FBI has been developing its own facial-recognition database as part of the bureau's Next Generation Identification program."

3 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Where? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your mother's basement... Just never go out and never let your picture be taken..

  2. This Juggler's Only Crime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was for juggling balls before they dropped

  3. Re:Where? by c6gunner · · Score: 1, Funny

    When an American citizen seeks political asylum in Russia,

    well,

    it's time to take a good look at ourselves.

    So true. It's really time you guys did something about the affordability of your mental-health services.