Fargo Police AI Mistake Could Cost Them $10 Million

$10 Million Dollar Lawsuit

The Fargo Police Department Could be in some Hot Water. Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old mother to three grown children and 5 grandchildren, who spent nearly 6 months in jail after being misidentified by the Fargo Police Department's AI facial photo recognition for a well-organized bank fraud case in Fargo, is suing.

You can read more about this perplexing case below. Take a look at Lipps in the first two photos in the link below, and the woman who's actually guilty of the crime in the upper right-hand corner when you click the link.  Yes, they look similar, but the woman in the upper right-hand corner clearly looks younger to me.

(SEE ALSO: An Innocent Woman Spends Months in Jail Because of AI Police Mistake)

What's really ironic. The Tennessee woman had never even been to North Dakota before. According to a news story on WDAY-TV last night, she's now hired an attorney in North Dakota and is suing the Fargo Police Department and the detective responsible for $10 million.

Timeline of the Incident

According to a news story on WDAY TV, Lipps was arrested on July 14th, 2025, by U.S. Marshals at her home in central Tennessee with guns drawn while babysitting four young children. She then spent several months in a Tennessee jail before being flown to Fargo to be formally charged by Fargo police.

Her lawyer says charges were dismissed when her bank and phone records proved she never left Tennessee. This happened right around Christmas, and she had no way of getting back home to Tennessee. The Fargo Police Department wouldn't even pay for her transportation back home after their mistake. The ironic thing, Lipps had never even been on a plane before being flown to Fargo by Fargo police. She eventually was driven to Chicago by a good Samaritan and then made it back home to Tennessee.

Heavy Cost for this Mistake by Fargo Police

Due to the months of jail time, Lipps lost her home, her car, her dog, and has really been struggling mentally since this incident. I'm not a lawyer, but I would think this woman has a pretty iron-clad case against the Fargo Police Department and all that she has lost. I don't know about you, but I know that I have a few doppelgangers out there myself, and the use of AI photo recognition should be cross-checked if it's going to be used to jail and ruin people's lives.

The Lawsuit

The lawsuit has five claims, including unlawful seizure and arrest, due process violations, a civil rights claim against the city over its policies and training, false arrest and imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. Again, Lipps is seeking $10 million in damages along with punitive damages and attorney fees. She has requested a jury trial.

This sounds like the kind of story that could end up on Dateline.