eli5: How do the cops/FBI help someone create a whole new identity?

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How does this work? Like do they help them get all the paperwork done? Or like, do they create a fictitious history for them? Because I would imagine having any trace of their old identity with credit history etc could put them in danger if the people they testified against etc. happened to come across them.

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The US Marshalls run the program and they get eligible participants new names and IDs and stuff like that. As long as they cut off contact with their old life and keep their head down and don’t try to do a bunch of stuff putting their name or info out there, they will be fine. Some people get dropped from the program because they can’t follow the rules.

Here is a guy named Michael Franzese – he used to be in the mafia and now does videos about mafia life and stuff. He has some negative things to say about the program. Of course his brother testified against their father then went into the program, then got out of it.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaS2D8oq0-8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaS2D8oq0-8)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62f5oFkJ8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62f5oFkJ8s)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnfbVD-W0c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnfbVD-W0c)

Um, good luck, whatever your plans are, or at least in your good plans.

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