Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term
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Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His victim, William Woods, said Keirans' guilty plea spelled the end of a yearslong nightmare. He worked at the University of Iowa Hospital and used Woods’ ID to secure credit union loans in Iowa totaling more than $200,000, prosecutors said. Keirans' attorney argued in a court filing that Woods tried to steal thousands of dollars from his client, and described Woods as a “wrongdoer whose own conduct should mitigate any sympathy felt for him.” Woods is identified in court records from that time as Matthew Kierans, misspelling his tormentor’s name. As Woods repeatedly disputed the identity authorities foisted upon him, a California judge found him not mentally competent to stand trial and sent him to a state mental hospital, where he received psychotropic medication, court records show.

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Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term

Associated Press  

An information technology expert who for decades assumed the identity of another man so convincingly that his victim was forcibly medicated and jailed for identity theft himself was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. His victim, William Woods, said Keirans’ guilty plea spelled the end of a yearslong nightmare. At that point, “he’s got my name with his face …

Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed

Associated Press  

William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. As he continued to insist he was Woods in a desperate effort to clear his name, he was even sent to a state mental hospital and drugged, court records show. Told at one point that the case was on …

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