The land of all things fake just reached a new low. After fooling Japanese customs officials with her fake fingerprints, Lin Rong, 27, was arrested last month for illegally entering the country.
Apparently, Lin Rong paid $15,000 for plastic surgery that switched the fingerprints on her left and right hands. She had actually been deported from Japan in the past for overstaying her visa, but it was only when police arrested her for her other bluff— her fake marriage to a Japanese man — that they realized there was something fishy about the unnatural scars on her fingers.
While it’s Japan’s very first case of biometric fraud, officials have a feeling that the problem is likely widespread. Yikes!
