A 61-year-old man sues Macy's, saying he was jailed and assaulted after being falsely identified as a store robber by facial recognition

• A Texas man is suing Macy's and EssilorLuxottica over the use of facial recognition tech that mistook him for an armed robber.
• Harvey Murphy Jr. was assaulted and raped in prison but later released without charge.
• Retailers have increasingly turned to facial recognition, fuelling mistaken identity fears. 

A 61-year-old man is suing Macy's and the parent company of Sunglass Hut over the use of facial recognition tech that mistook him for an armed robber.

Harvey Murphy Jr. was identified as the perpetrator of an armed robbery at a Sunglass Hut store in 2022 and an earlier robbery at Macy's, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month — despite being nearly 2,000 miles away at the time.