An image is widely shared on social media claiming that the US Federal Marshal has arrested American billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The post alleges that he is now under armed guard at Guantanamo Bay and has been accused of war crimes against humanity.
The image is shared on Facebook with a caption: “Bill Gates Arrested by US Federal Marshals; Being Held Under Armed Watch at Guantanamo Bay; Charged With War Crimes Against Humanity. Washington Post”.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Searching the The Washington Post website about Bill Gates’ alleged arrest, the NM team could not find any news related to Bill Gates’ arrest. Even there was no credible news source reporting about the arrest of Bill Gates.
Performing a Reverse Image Search of the keyframes from the viral video, our team could find a YouTube video, dated August 25, 2016, about the death penalty. The video contained footage that had significant similarities with the viral picture, including clothing, the style of tying hands and feet, and even the leg of a standing person. Specifically, at the 8:14-minute mark in the video, we found the same footage that had been edited to create the fake picture of Bill Gates.
Below is the comparison between the viral image and the original image.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that an edited image is falsely shared as Bill Gates has been arrested in the US.
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