Chicago DUI attorney comments on the consequences of a fake ID

This Chicago DUI attorney posted here earlier this week about the consequences of possessing or manufacturing fake ID’s.

In this challenging economy, there are cottage businesses for the procurement and manufacture of fake ID’s.

 From triblocal.com:

A Chicago man has been charged with making hundreds of fake drivers licenses and identifications cards used by minors as young as 15-years-old in and around Wilmette to illegally buy alcohol, authorities said Friday.

Investigators on Friday also said they recovered computers, monitors, printers, scanners, backdrops and numerous Michigan and California drivers license decals with hologram and said they will be sending Schniedermeir’s computer to a forensic crime lab in an attempt to identify the total number of fictitiously issued licenses.

They said their investigation started two months ago after Wilmette minors in possession of fake IDs were arrested after they bought alcohol. Police said Schniedermeir sold the fake IDs for $100 minors and said they closely resembled authentic California and Michigan driver’s licenses.

The Wilmette Police are encouraging anyone who bought a fake driver’s licenses from Schniedermeir to turn it in at the Wilmette Police Department. By Friday afternoon, 30 people had surrendered their fictitious licenses, said police.

Authorities promised not to charge anyone who turns in a fake ID with a crime.

The Secretary of State does not require an individual to be charged with a crime in order to revoke driving privileges. In this case, that could be for the manufacturer as well as the individual who bought the fake ID.