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Innocent Man Imprisoned Due to Skyrim Username Misinterpretation

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An innocent man spent 18 months in prison after police mistakenly identified him based on a Skyrim username. The error occurred when investigators missed an underscore in the username 'fus__ro_dah', leading them to the wrong person instead of 'fus_ro_dah'.

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