Identity thieves pose as genealogists, steal from dead babies
Stealing from babies is bad enough, but stealing from dead babies?
Thirty-two-year-old Kevin Osbourne, and three others, used the birth certificates of 10 dead babies to create fake driver licences, open banks accounts and get loans worth nearly $30,000.
The police do not know how the men actually decided which identities they would steal. The men posed as authors conducting genealogy research when they applied to district courts around the country for new birth certificates. [Read more]
I never thought genealogy could be so lucrative! Sure beats dealing with clients…
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