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A leader of drug trafficking networks, accused in the United States, was captured after three decades in which he eluded the authorities. Howard Farley used the identity of a baby who died in 1955. The man was wanted for drug trafficking.
A drug lord has been wanted by authorities for more than three decades, but to no avail. Howard Farley, 72, was charged in 1985 with operating the Southern Line, a railroad used to transport narcotics across the United States.
Of the 73 people arrested in the case, Farley was the only one not caught so far.
For 35 years, Farley allegedly lived under the nose of authorities, after attributing the identity of a baby who died in 1955. The fugitive stole the identity of a person identified only as “TB” who was born in Lake Worth, Florida, in 1954 and died three months later, writes nypost.com.
Federal prosecutors find out after government receives passport renewal application in February, using TB’s name, date of birth, and social security number
Investigators discovered the death certificate and noted that TB information was not recorded until 1983, which was unusual for someone born in 1954.
Farley used TB information to obtain a passport three times: in March 1987, October 1998, and October 2008. He used the fraudulent passport to travel to Vietnam in 2018, investigators determined.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
