Buenos Aires, An Argentine judge is investigating the case of two 40-year-old men who have the same first and last names, identical identity document numbers and birth certificates, all without there being any sign that one or both sets of their papers have been altered, the media reported Sunday. Judge Eva Parcio de Seleme is trying to determine if one man tried "to steal the identity of the other", but initial studies established the authenticity of the documents of the two men, who live in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, the La Nacion newspaper said. The fingerprints of one of the men, however, do not match with his identity, a fact that led police to arrest him "until it is known exactly who he might be", the federal judge said. To uncover that, the magistrate ordered that DNA tests be performed next week to determine the identities of both men and to clarify if they are actually brothers registered separately with the same identity by their parents. The case arose when Argentina's state pension fund and retirement administration blocked the processing of a payment to Carlos M. because he was already previously registered in the entity's files. The man, ...
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