Hawaii Couple Convicted of Identity Theft for Living Under Dead Babies' Names for Decades

Walter Primose and Gwynn Morrison, previously suspected of KGB ties, charged with passport fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy after living under dead children's identities to escape debt; sentencing slated for March could yield over a decade in prison.

Walter Primose and his wife, Gwynn Morrison, have been convicted of conspiracy, passport fraud, and identity theft for living under the identities of dead babies, Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague, for decades.
Primose used his fake identity to join the Coast Guard and even obtained a secret security clearance while working as a defense contractor in the Defense Department.
The couple assumed the identities of the deceased babies to escape substantial debt, which had resulted in the foreclosure of their home in Texas.
Despite initial speculations of KGB ties after prosecutors presented pictures of the couple dressed in KGB uniforms, lawyers for the couple claimed they wore the jackets for fun and prosecutors backed down from the spy angle.
The couple faces up to 10 years in prison for making false statements in passport applications, up to five years for conspiracy charges, and a mandatory two-year consecutive term for aggravated identity theft when sentenced in March.