August 19, 2021 05:23 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22629149/facial-recognition-austria-catches-admitted-offshore-gambling-scammer-cryptocurrency
Justice Department says facial recognition helped end an almost 15-year manhunt
A fugitive who Justice Department officials say had scammed more than 20 people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, after being on the run for almost 15 years. Austrian authorities were able to identify Randy Levine, 54, of Boca Raton, Florida, due to a facial recognition system according to the DOJ, after he tried to use an alias to open a bank account, leading to his arrest in June 2020.
Levine fled the US in 2005, after authorities seized his passport as part of an investigation into an alleged scam he had been running, the DOJ said in a release. According to Levine’s plea agreement, which he signed in May, he would offer to set up gambling accounts for people if they sent him...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22629149/facial-recognition-austria-catches-admitted-offshore-gambling-scammer-cryptocurrency
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