RE: Bizarre Story of the Day: Why Faking Fingerprints wi thToe Prints is a Bad Idea

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 yah, that pissed me off about the article too... They never mentioned how
he got caught.


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:47 AM
To: Fergie
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Bizarre Story of the Day: Why Faking Fingerprints
withToe Prints is a Bad Idea

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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