By Marina Dunbar
Publication Date: 2026-03-12 20:29:00
A Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after a mistaken identity incident using an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system linked her to a bank fraud investigation in North Dakota.
Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in prison after Fargo police used facial recognition software to identify her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case, according to southeastern North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.
Lipps, a mother of three and grandmother of five, said she has lived in northern Tennessee most of her life. She had never been on a plane until authorities flew her to North Dakota last year to face charges.
In July, U.S. marshals arrested Lipps at her Tennessee home while she was caring for four children. She said she was taken away at gunpoint and booked into a county jail as a fugitive from justice from North Dakota.
“I’ve never been to North Dakota, I…
