(4 d) In order to deter identity fraud, Member States should ensure that the falsification and counterfeiting of identification documents and the use of such falsified or counterfeit documents are adequately penalised by their national law.
Of course, because of the widespread use of counterfeit documents, no one knows for sure how many of them are working illegally.
In July, investigators with the Department of Homeland Security showed up at Mr. Ulbricht's home after a routine border search of mail from Canada turned up a number of counterfeit identity documents bearing Mr. Ulbricht's photograph and his address.
Not only did they call themselves "histories"; they also often took the form of counterfeit historical documents, usually letters or journals a form that was itself a parody of the conventions of historical writing.
Not only did they call themselves "histories"; they also often took the form of counterfeit historical documents, usually letters or journals — a form that was itself a parody of the conventions of historical writing.
Lepore discussed the penchant among Defoe and his near contemporaries Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Tobias Smollett to present their novels in the form of counterfeit historical documents, usually letters or journals: Samuel Richardson insisted that he was merely the editor of Pamela's letters, first published in England in 1740 as 'Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded"….
Instead, it indicted two members of the anti-abortion group that made the videos on felony and misdemeanor charges relating to the creation of counterfeit identification documents and a false corporate registration filing.
(This paper does not consider copyright or digital piracy, currency counterfeiting, fraudulent documents, or artwork forgery).
Federal agents said they had arrested 15 members of a counterfeit documents ring and were searching for six others as part of a renewed crackdown on Chicago's multimillion-dollar trade in fake identification papers.
The investigator, Robert Cramer, said, "Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs Service officials never questioned the authenticity of the counterfeit documents, and our agents encountered no difficulty entering the country using them".
