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

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

On 5/10/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
>  yah, that pissed me off about the article too... They never mentioned how
> he got caught.


I am betting it was the Stink Finger that gave him away.

Not a doubt in my mind..

"What do you think of Passenger in Seat 24G Ted?"

"Somethings wrong with that guy, his hands have that 'Dr Scholls' look Al"

"Ya Ted, I think we got another case of the Stink Finger"

"10-4 Al, I am alerting DHS pronto"


-JP<well, maybe a _little_ doubt>
> Michael P. Blanchard
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> -----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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