The methods for altering fingerprints are becoming more sophisticated every day. Back in 1934, the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger burned his fingers with acid, hoping to evade identification and capture.
According to Yoon, today's criminals use everything from making a Z-shaped cut on the finger pad and switching the skin flaps, to creating temporary silicon overlays, and even triple print switches.
“Recently, three people were charged because of this fingerprint alteration. So one was the patient who received a surgery and then the second one was the broker, and the third one was the physician who performed that surgery.”
Michigan State University has licensed the new application to Morpho, a leading biometrics identification firm based in Paris. The company, which supplies software systems to many of the world's top law enforcement agencies, expects it will be able to market the application easily and quickly.
Meanwhile, Jain and his team are developing algorithms and software, which will one day be able to recover and rebuild fingerprints from altered samples.
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2013-11-25
2013-11-25
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