A man accused of killing his girlfriend in southeast China has been caught after facial recognition software suggested he was trying to scan a corpse's face to apply for a loan. Fujian provincial police said a 29-year-old suspect named Zhang was caught trying to burn a body at a remote farm. The officers were alerted by the company that issues loans online: the system did not detect any signs of movement in the eyes of the victim and gave a signal about it.
Zhang is accused of strangling his girlfriend with a rope in Xiamen on April 11 after the couple had an argument over money and the woman threatened to leave the suspect. He then allegedly went on the run with the body hidden in the trunk of a rental car. Zhang is also accused of pretending to be a victim and contacting the latter's employers through her WeChat social media account to arrange a vacation.
When the perpetrator arrived in his hometown of Sanming the next day, the police received a message that he was trying to apply for a loan using an app called Money Station. In the latter, a neural network is used to verify the identity of the applicants, and in the identification process it is proposed to wink. The lender's staff contacted the police after manually checking the dubious claim they found bruises on the woman's face and a thick red mark on her neck.
The voice recognition software also found that it was a man, not a woman, who applied for the loan. Zhang, whose formal arrest was approved by prosecutors this month, is also accused of using the victim's phone to withdraw 30 yuan (about $000) from her bank account and deceiving the deceased's parents by telling them that the woman was away for a few days. , to relax.
While a trial date has yet to be announced, the details of the case have already shocked many in China. Some social media users suggested that the plot was too gruesome and more like a thriller (if not a black comedy), while another wrote: "I never imagined that facial recognition could be used in this way."
Source: 3dnews.ru