More than 800 minors were arrested last year in New York for
using fake identification to buy alcohol, breaking a record for the number of people arrested on that charge, according to New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo's website.
Cuomo today announced a new record for the number of people arrested in 2017 attempting to
use fake identification to buy alcoholic beverages under the legal drinking age.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new record for the number of people arrested in 2017 attempting to
use fake identification to buy alcoholic beverages under the legal drinking age.
Not exact matches
The groups also bought
fake U.S. driver's license numbers and other common
identification documents that they
used to «maintain their accounts at PayPal and elsewhere, including online cryptocurrency exchanges.»
• A 20 - year - old Orland Park man and a 20 - year - old Crestwood man were charged with violating a local ordinance against
using fictitious or
fake identification after they attempted to purchase alcohol at Hooters, 15300 LaGrange Road on Dec. 27.
The total number of
fake IDs seized dropped last year from 862 to 762 as fewer people were caught with multiple
fake identifications and more were charged with trying to
use another person's
identification.
The crackdown on underage drinking and
fake identification comes as Cuomo has pledged to increase enforcement efforts in the state as part of Operation Prevent, a statewide initiative aimed at reducing underage drinking and the
use of
fake IDs, according to the release.
The stories differ on the exact charge: the Chronicle says it is fraud, Click 2 Houston says it is fraudulent
use / possession of information, and BuzzFeed says it is possession and
use of
fake identification.
The
use, sale, and creation of
fake identification cards is a criminal offense that is taken very seriously in Scranton & Wilkes - Barre and if you have been charged with this crime you will most certainly need to hire an experienced attorney to handle your case.
Fraudsters
use realistic looking
fake identification.
Using PGP encryption software and the bitcoin blockchain — a cryptographically secured public ledger that runs on machines across the internet — the project creates a mathematically iron - clad
identification paper that would be extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to
fake.