List of crimes involving a silicone mask
In 2019 Gilbert Chikli wore a silicone mask to impersonate the French Defense Minister, and broadcast by video chat a message to various people to scam 90 million dollars from them, claiming France needed the money to free citizens of France that were kidnapped in the Middle East and Africa by Islamist terrorists. [1]
Drug lord Clauvino da Silva tried to escape from prison by having his 19 daughter visit him in prison, and he then wore a silicone mask to look like her, plus a wig and her clothing, and tried to sneak out, leaving her behind. [2]
On October 29, 2010, the Air Canada Flight 018 Stowaway Incident occurred, where a young man taking the Air Canada Flight 018 from Hong Kong to Vancouver wore a silicone mask to impersonate a white elderly man, to use someone else's identification to get into Canada.[3]
A Southern California bank robber known as the Geezer Bandit used a silicone mask to look like an old man. [4][5]
In 2002 a white man used a mask he bought from SPFXmasks to appear as a black man and committed robbers in Cincinnati, Ohio. A man who looked like the mask was wrongfully arrested. Only after the girlfriend of the real criminal found the mask and some ink stained money and reported it to the police, did they realize their mistake. [6]
In China criminals can get silicone masks cheaply on the internet and use them for criminal activity. [7]
References[edit]
- ↑ deskEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow, Tamer El-Ghobashy closeTamer El-GhobashyAssignment editor on The Washington Post's foreign. "How scammers used a silicone mask and Skype to impersonate a French minister and steal $90 million". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ "Gang leader disguises himself in silicone mask of his daughter's face in jailbreak bid". The Independent. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ "Hong Kong conviction over 'old man' plane disguise". 2011-10-17. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ Loughran, Jack (2017-11-16). "Hollywood's silicone masks used to commit crimes, most people can't distinguish from real faces". eandt.theiet.org. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ Bernstein, Sharon (2010-12-09). "'Hyper-realistic' masks put new faces on crime". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "White Robber Used Black Mask to Evade Arrest". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ Silicone masks -- the new criminal weapons, retrieved 2019-11-03
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