Is selling fake IDs to underage kids identity theft? 9 Answers as of September 14, 2010

It would not likely be federal, just a state forgery charge. Call me for a free consultation, I could most likely get the charge dismissed completely for a small fee.

I am not familiar with that particular law but may be he subject to prosecution for false public documents.

Selling a false ID may certainly be charged as identity theft. Under Minnesota Statutes identity theft may be charged if: a person transfers, possesses, or uses an identity that is not the person's own, with the intent to commit, aid, or abet any unlawful activity.

Probably, depending upon the facts and IDs involved. Get him an attorney immediately. The goal is to reduce the charges and negotiate a plea bargain to try to avoid trial and conviction. If serious about doing so, and this is in Southern California, feel free to contact me.

The use of forged or counterfeited driver's licenses, or "fake IDs", is generally associated with underaged drinkers or minors trying to gain access to clubs and events restricted to persons over 21 years of age. However, in recent years, fake IDs have increasingly been used to steal the identities of other people for criminal purposes such as credit card fraud. According to testimony on identity theft offered by Charles Harwood, a regional director for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), before the Washington State Senate, practices of identity theft (approximately 750,000 cases a year) can range from making unauthorized charges on another person's credit card, writing fraudulent checks using another's name and account number, and opening telephone or cell phone service accounts in another's name, to more insidious practices such as opening a bank account, obtaining multiple credit cards, purchasing a car, securing a home mortgage, and even working under another person's name. These would be federal crimes, and charged accordingly.

Under federal criminal law, identity theft takes place when someone knowingly transfers, possesses or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, or in connection with, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable state or local law.

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