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Re:Iowa sysadmin pleads guilty to 33-year identity theft of ... by JohnMakin on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @01:35PM (#39920462)
What I cannot figure out from this bizarre story was what was even the motivation? Did he just have an early run in with this guy, identified him as a target, maybe had a grudge and then just... stole his identity for 30 years? To do what? Why not get a job under his real name? Why force this guy to assume your ACTUAL name? It's utterly bizarre and one of the weirdest sociopathic things I've heard of in a while.
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Re:Iowa sysadmin pleads guilty to 33-year identity theft of ... by mazamats on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @02:42PM (#39921295)
It's very likely he wouldn't be able to pass a background check himself, so he stole the identity to secure a well-paid job that he couldn't get himself
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