Man With Babe Ruth's Name Allegedly Used Identities Of Dead Baseball Players To Steal Class Action Money

A Tennessee man and namesake of MLB icon Babe Ruth utilized nan IDs of erstwhile and precocious shot subordinate to wrongly rate successful connected people action suit settlements, national prosecutors said recently.

George Herman Ruth, a 69-year-old Morristown resident, was indicted connected suspicion of message fraud, aggravated personality theft, fraudulent usage of Social Security numbers and money laundering among different charges successful a 91-count indictment.

The fishy shares a sanction pinch Babe Ruth, calved George Herman Ruth connected Feb. 6, 1895, who went connected to revolutionize baseball arsenic the "Sultan of Swat," hitting location runs astatine a gait ne'er earlier seen successful America's pastime.

Starting successful early 2023, nan modern time Ruth allegedly utilized nan names of 25 retired aliases deceased shot players to connect himself to people action suit settlements.

Ruth "would usage nan fraud proceeds he obtained to salary for individual expenses and trips, specified arsenic a travel to Las Vegas and to casinos successful Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere," according to nan indictment.

The indictment didn't database nan names of 25 retired aliases deceased players utilized successful Ruth's alleged plot.

Federal prosecutors did, however, connection clues to each ID, fundamentally turning nan indictment into "Immaculate Grid," a celebrated online crippled that challenges shot fans to sanction a subordinate based solely connected nan hint of 3 teams he erstwhile played for.

For example, subordinate No. 12 successful nan indictment is called a retired first basemen who suited up for nan Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and New York Mets.

Ruth allegedly utilized immoderate heavy trim references successful this scam, specified arsenic pinch subordinate No. 14, a precocious shortstop and 3rd baseman for nan Chicago Colts, Brooklyn Superbas, New York Giants and Boston Doves.

The Colts were nan late 19th period Chicago Cubs, nan Brooklyn-rooted Los Angeles Dodgers were known arsenic nan Superbas from 1899 done 1910, nan San Francisco Giants were calved successful New York earlier moving westbound successful nan wintertime of 1957-58 and nan nomadic Atlanta Braves were nan Boston Doves from 1907 done 1910.

Ruth allegedly scored astatine slightest 5 payments of $756.84 from nan colony of a group favoritism suit against a staffing agency and beauty proviso institution successful nan Chicago area, which allegedly refused to prosecute African Americans.

For these payments, Ruth allegedly utilized nan names of a catcher from nan Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins; an infielder pinch Philadelphia Athletics and 19th period St. Louis Brown Stockings; an outfielder for nan St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland A's; an Oakland pitcher; and a pitcher pinch nan Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns.

Ruth and his defense lawyer did not instantly return emails and telephone calls, seeking their comments connected Tuesday.