Man with Babe Ruth's name allegedly used identities of dead baseball players to steal class action money

A Tennessee man and namesake of MLB icon Babe Ruth used the IDs of former and late baseball player to wrongly cash in on class action lawsuit settlements, federal prosecutors said recently. George Herman Ruth, a 69-year-old Morristown resident, was indicted on suspicion of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and money laundering among other charges in a 91-count indictment.