Man convicted for using dead brother’s identity for more than 60 years

In a surprising turn of events, Napoleon Gonzalez, an 86-year-old man from Etna, Maine, was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud, including identity theft, passport fraud, Social Security fraud, and mail fraud. The verdict was delivered last Friday after a two-day trial at the U.S. District Court in Bangor, with Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. presiding. Gonzalez had been impersonating his deceased brother, Guillermo Gonzalez, since the mid-1960s. Guillermo had died in infancy in …

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FTC Is Returning $25 Million Stolen From Consumers In Lottery-Prize Scheme

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to 244,745 consumers in the U.S. and abroad who were defrauded by the Next-Gen sweepstakes scheme that affected consumers in dozens of countries, including the United States and Canada. In total, the FTC is returning almost $25 million to affected consumers including many seniors. The FTC is sending: 221,687 checks totaling $19,180,753 to U.S. and Canadian consumers; 3,516 prepaid Mastercard debit cards totaling $631,322 to consumers in …

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