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29 March 2024

Bizarre: Man poses as woman for 13 years

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A man in Californa was involved in the identity theft and posed as a woman and drew up medical bills to the tune of $100,000.

The 51-year-old man was found sleeping in a public place by a police official. His name did not match the name displayed in the hospital wrist band that he was wearing at the time of being questioned. The conflict in names made the official suspicious of the person's gender, reveals ABCnews.com.

The man has been charged with unauthorised use of personal identifying information and false impersonation.

Manager robs banks, goes on leave

INDIA: A bank manager who walked out of his office with two bulging briefcases filled with currency notes was caught red-handed five days after the theft.

The white-collared employee of Canara Bank looted Rs24 lakh (Dh180,000) from the bank while his boss was away on leave, reports Mid Day.

The man thought no one would suspect him as he was a senior employee at the bank.

The theft was detected by other bank employees the day after the incident occurred. Police was informed and during the course of investigation, it was discovered that the manager had gone on sudden leave the day after the theft took place.

The authorities who were suspecting an inside job, questioned other employees and learnt that the manager had walked out of the office with two packed briefcases on the fateful evening.

The manager was questioned by the police and he accepted his crime.

Man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology to his wife

CINCINNATI: A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up even though he stopped making amends early.

Mark Byron agreed to begin posting the apology last month to avoid jail but later said the ruling violated his freedom of speech. He stopped posting the apology after 26 days, but Judge Jon Sieve determined Monday that he had posted it long enough, and Byron wasn't jailed.

Byron said afterward that he was relieved not to be in jail, "but I was prepared to go to defend my free speech rights."

Byron's attorney, Becky Ford, said Monday that she has filed a notice of appeal in a state court.

"We believe that by scripting and saying what he had to post on Facebook, the court violated his rights to free speech," Ford said. "The First Amendment not only protects your right to speak, but it also protects your ability to remain silent."

According to the ruling, Byron, 37, had posted comments on his page in November, saying in part, "If you are an evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husband's life and take your son's father away from him completely _ all you need to do is say you're scared of your husband or domestic partner and they'll take him away."

The Byrons have been involved in ongoing divorce and child custody proceedings. Byron has said his wife and the court have prevented him from seeing his young son many times. The court maintains he is allowed to see him on a twice-weekly basis.

A June court order prohibited Byron from causing his wife physical or mental abuse, harassment or annoyance. She asked in December that he be found in contempt after learning of the Facebook comments.

Domestic Relations Magistrate Paul Meyers in January found Byron in contempt of a protective order because of his Facebook comments. He said Byron could avoid a 60-day jail sentence and a $500 fine by posting the apology _ written by the magistrate _ to his wife and all of his Facebook friends and paying her attorney fees. The same apology had to be posted every day no later than 9 a.m.

The ruling said several of Byron's comments were intended to "generate a negative and venomous response toward her from his Facebook friends."

Byron said Monday that, even if he didn't go to jail, ``this is a really big deal'' for hundreds of millions of people using Facebook.

"They could do this to anybody," he said.

Free speech and media experts have said that the case should concern other users of the social networking site.

Cincinnati attorney Jack Greiner, who specializes in free speech and media issues, said earlier that compelling speech through a court-written apology raises as many free speech concerns as prohibiting speech. He said Monday that the issue still causes concern but that he believes Byron might have difficulty appealing since he posted the apology and didn't go to jail.

The statement Byron posted had him apologizing to his wife for "casting her in an unfavorable light" and to his Facebook friends for "attempting to mislead them."

He says that in addition to standing up for his rights, he stopped posting the apology "because it forced me to make false statements."

The estranged wife's attorney, Joel Moskowitz, said he was disappointed that Byron did not get any jail time.

Dog mimics owner, crosses road on two legs

BRITAIN: A man's four-legged friend turns two-legged as it makes its way across the road on its hind legs.

A motorist filmed the dog dragging along its owner across the street, reports UK daily Metro.

Passers by did not pay much attention to the weird incident.

And those that watched the video clip said it might have been 'doctored', says the daily.

Watch the video and judge it for yourself.