IT expert sentenced to 12 years for decades-long identity theft scam that wrongfully incarcerated William Woods.

Matthew David Keirans, a 59-year-old IT expert, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for assuming the identity of William Woods for decades, leading to Woods' wrongful incarceration for identity theft. Keirans used Woods' social security information to secure loans and credit, falsely impersonating him since 1988. Woods was arrested and forcibly medicated before DNA tests confirmed his identity and exposed Keirans' fraud.

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