WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) – A woman from Tennessee says she spent months in jail after North Dakota police mistakenly used facial recognition software to identify her as a suspect in a bank fraud case.
Angela Lipps, 50, said U.S. marshals arrested her at gunpoint on July 14, 2025, while she was babysitting four children.
She said investigators used an AI facial recognition software to match her to surveillance footage from a bank fraud case.
At the time of her arrest, police had been investigating a string of fraud cases between April and May 2025 involving a suspect who used a fake U.S. Army military ID card to withdraw thousands of dollars…