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Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents and information -
Title 18 U.S.C. 1028
Fraud in connection with identification documents and information is committed when an individual:
- knowingly and without lawful authority produces an identification document or a false identification document;
- knowingly transfers an identification document or a false identification document knowing that such document was stolen or produced without lawful authority;
- knowingly possesses with intent to use unlawfully or transfer unlawfully five or more identification documents (other than those issued lawfully for the use of the possessor) or false identification documents;
- knowingly possesses an identification document (other than one issued lawfully for the use of the possessor) or a false identification document, with the intent such document be used to defraud the United States;
- knowingly produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement with the intent such document-making implement will be used in the production of a false identification document or another document-making implement which will be so used;
- knowingly possesses an identification document that is or appears to be an identification document of the United States which is stolen or produced without lawful authority knowing that such document was stolen or produced without such authority; or
- knowingly transfers or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law;
Mail Fraud - Title 18 U.S.C. 1341
Mail fraud is committed when an individual uses the postal system in furtherance of a scheme to obtain money or property from someone else by offering a product, service, or investment opportunity that does not live up to its claims.
Bank Fraud - Title 18 U.S.C. 1344
Bank fraud is committed when an individual knowingly executes, or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud a financial institution or to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other property, owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.

