A jury has convicted a Hawaii couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching guilty verdicts Monday, according to court records.
The judge presiding over the trial in U.S. District Court in Honolulu referred to the couple by their preferred names of Bobby Fort and Julie Montague. The couple had argued in court that their actions did not harm anyone.
Kevin Mitnick used a similar tactic to find people who were born in one state, but died in another. This apparently was a loophole as some government systems would still see the person as alive, thus their identity could be exploited. Additionally, since they were dead, they wouldn’t raise any flags or complain about it.