Re: Bizarre Story of the Day: Why Faking Fingerprints with Toe Prints is a Bad Idea

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 5/9/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> I'm sure most of you may have already seen this, but it is
> still astounding. :-)
>
> [snip]
>
> A Jamaica man who tried to surgically replace his fingerprints with skin from his feet in a failed bid to enter the US 
> illegally has been jailed for 13 months.
>
> Marc Terrance George, 41, was jailed last week after earlier pleading guilty to illegal entry after deportation, AP 
> reports.
>
> George went to extreme lengths to avoid detection, but his ruse was uncovered by US Customs and Border Protection 
> officers at his attempted port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. As well as the illegal entry conviction, George faces 
> possible trial on money laundering offences in New Jersey.
>
> [snip]
>
> Here:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/09/fingerprint_fraud_jailed/


Did they recognize his face? Did his fingers stink? What was the bad idea here?

Anyone know how "his ruse was uncovered"?

-JP<who hates stinky fingers>

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