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Jury Convicts Unknown Man Accused of Collecting Nearly $300K Using Dead Child’s Identity

The defendant used the teenager’s identity for more than two decades to collect $283,000 in government benefits, prosecutors said.

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POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) — A federal jury in Pocatello has convicted a man whose true identity remains unknown after prosecutors say he spent more than two decades using the identity of a deceased teenager to fraudulently obtain nearly $300,000 in government benefits. Following a three-day trial, the jury found the man guilty of wire fraud, theft of government funds, aggravated identity theft, and related charges. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye…

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Krem2 News broke the news in Spokane, United States on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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