AI Incident Database: Man Arrested For Sock Theft by False Facial Match Despite Alibi
A man was arrested for theft of socks from a TJ Maxx store under the guise of an eyewitness ID case, after the local police asked the store's security guard to confirm the facial recognition match produced using surveillance footage, despite him having an alibi at the time of the theft.
AI Incident Database · Incident 517Operator lens (medium): inspect D3 (data handling), D7 (tool permissions).
Event summary
A man was arrested for theft of socks from a TJ Maxx store under the guise of an eyewitness ID case, after the local police asked the store's security guard to confirm the facial recognition match produced using surveillance footage, despite him having an alibi at the time of the theft.
Linked entities
- unknown
organisation | 70%
- new-york-police-department
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unknown to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |