{
  "id": 19457941,
  "title": "How Benin national used daughter’s birth certificate to defraud US of Ksh450 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/how-benin-national-used-daughters-birth-certificate-to-defraud-us-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T05:43:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/how-benin-national-used-daughters-birth-certificate-to-defraud-us-of-ksh450-million"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Benin national has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States after using a forged birth certificate belonging to his minor daughter to falsely claim American citizenship and obtain millions of dollars in Covid-19 emergency funding. A 42-year-old was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}