What Happens If You Get Caught With A Fake Id At A Casino

• It depends what you are trying to do with that fake ID. You can get in a. load of trouble. If you are trying to use it to sneak into a club probably nothing. As long as you don't get drunk and start assaulting people.
• If you get into a casino using a fake ID and win a jackpot, you’ll be subject to an ID check, and it will be impossible to take the winnings home. Not only will you have to forfeit your winnings, but you’ll also be at risk of criminal charges, heavy fines, even jail time.

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If you are caught doing any of the aforementioned activities, you could be fined $300 to $1,250 and incarcerated for 10 to 30 days. Consequences become steeper when a person makes, duplicates, alters, or provides an underage person with an ID for money. These types of companies can get away with it because their “clients” can’t report them – buying a fake ID is illegal after all. In all honesty though, even if you are already acquainted with the person you are purchasing a fake ID from, this does not assure you won’t be scammed – buying a fake ID is a risk in itself.

Throughout Charlotte and North Carolina, high school and college students have been using Fake IDs to buy alcohol or enter a bar for decades. Back in our day there were several forms of Fake IDs: a driver’s license obtained from a private vendor, a version of an underage person’s driver’s license that has been doctored to reflect an older age, a duplicate driver’s license from a relative or friend who resembles the underage person or an actual DMV issued driver’s license with the underage person’s picture but an older person’s name, address and birthdate. Today, as technology advances, underage persons can obtain a fake ID from an online vendor and do not have to beg their older cousin. Otherwise, not all that much has changed, people under the age of 21 are still trying to buy beer and get into bars using a Fake ID.

The attorneys of Browning & Long, PLLC frequently represent individuals accused of using a Fake ID to attempt to purchase alcohol or enter an establishment that serves alcohol. Although these charges seem insignificant, they can result in a criminal conviction and the revocation of your driver’s license. A criminal conviction for using a fake ID will appear on your criminal record and accordingly, will require that you inform employers and schools of your conviction. Our former Mecklenburg County Assistant District Attorneys can help you avoid a criminal conviction and other stiff penalties by negotiating with the District Attorney’s Office to allow you to enter a deferred prosecution program, or if necessary, take your case to trial.

FRAUDULENT IDENTIFICATION CRIMES UNDER NORTH CAROLINA G.S. 18-B302(E)

Typically, Fake ID charges arise in the context of an underage person using a Fake ID to obtain alcohol or gain entry into a bar. Fake ID charges stemming from alcohol related activates are laid out in North Carolina G.S. 18B-302(e).

1. Unlawful Activity: Pursuant to North Carolina G.S. 18B-302(e) it is unlawful for any person to use a Fake ID, alerted driver’s license or any other fraudulent or alerted identification document to do any of the following:

1. enter or attempt to enter a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed,

2. obtain or attempt to obtain alcoholic beverages, or

3. to obtain or attempt to obtain permission to purchase alcoholic beverages

2. Severity of the Crime: A violation of North Carolina G.S. 18B-302(e) is a class 1 misdemeanor and if convicted will result in the suspension of your driver’s license.

3. The Punishment:

1. Class 1 Misdemeanor: An individual convicted of a Class 1 Misdemeanor can face a maximum punishment of 120 days in Jail.

2. Loss of Driver’s License: If you are convicted of purchasing or attempting to purchase alcohol your driver’s license will be revoked for one year pursuant to G.S. 20-17.3.

FRAUDULENT IDENTIFICATION CRIMES UNDER NORTH CAROLINA G.S. 20-30(3)

Not all Fake ID charges, however, relate to purchasing alcohol or entering a bar. North Carolina G.S. 20-30(3) makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor to display or represent a driver’s license that is not issued to you. DMV may suspend a person’s driver’s license for up to a year if convicted under North Carolina G.S. 20-30(3). Charges under this statue typically arise when one gives a Fake ID to a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop or another encounter.

PROVIDING A FAKE ID TO A MINOR UNDER NORTH CAROLINA G.S. 18-302(F) AND NORTH CAROLINA G.S. 20-30(2)

In North Carolina there are stiff penalties for allowing an underage person to use your driver’s license to consume, possess or purchase alcohol. Pursuant to North Carolina G.S.18B-302(f) it shall be unlawful for a person to permit another person to use their driver’s license of other identification document to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol or enter or attempt to enter an establishment that serves alcohol. A violation of G.S. 18B-302(f) is a Class 1 misdemeanor and revokes of the offender’s driver’s license for one year.

Additionally, North Carolina G.S. 20-30(2) makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor to counterfeit, sell, lend to, or knowingly permit the use of a driver’s license by a person not entitled to its use. DMV may suspend a person’s license for up to one year for conviction of this offense.

WHAT BROWNING & LONG, PLLC CAN DO FOR YOU:

1. Get Your Charge Dismissed: Oftentimes our attorneys can negotiate with the District Attorney to allow you to take a class for dismissal of your charge. Once your case is dismissed our attorneys can thoroughly review you case to determine if you are eligible to have your charge permanently expunged from your criminal record so employers or schools will never know you were charged with an underage drinking crime.

2. Take Your Case to Trial: If you are ineligible for the class our attorneys or not afraid to protect your rights in court. While Howard and Todd served as Mecklenburg County Assistant District Attorneys they prosecuted thousands of fake ID violations and know how to try these cases in the courtroom if necessary.

3. Allow You to Drive: If you are convicted of using a Fake ID under North Carolina G.S. 18B-302(e) your License will be suspended. Our Attorneys can get you a limited driving privilege to allow you to drive for work, school, household maintenance and medical purposes during the period of your suspension.

Although these charges seem trivial, if convicted, you face serious consequences. Our attorneys at Browning & Long, PLLC will thoroughly review your case and can help you avoid the potential serious consequences resulting from a conviction of a Fake ID related charge.

What Happens If You Get Caught With A Fake Id At A Casinos

The ability to provide proof of your identity using documents such as driving licences, passports and identity cards (like the EU/EEA National Identity Card) is vital. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to buy fake ID documents and, despite what those who sell them may want you to believe,

• using completely fake identity documents or
• using documents which are genuine, but have been altered in some way (e.g. changing the photo)

inevitably means that you commit criminal offences.

CRIMINAL OFFENCES

Owning and using fake ID means that you will be committing serious criminal offences including:

• Under section 3 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981[1] if you know or believe your ID is false and use it with the intention of getting somebody to accept it as a genuine document then you will be convicted.
• Fraud if you try to use the fake ID[2].
• Offences relating to possessing and using identity documents[3]

You don’t actually have to even use fake ID either, because under section 5[4] of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act merely possessing some types of fake ID will also mean a criminal conviction.

There are very few defences you can successfully put forward. For many of these offences you could

• be fined and/or
• spend up to 10 years in prison

CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION

Being convicted of a criminal offence will have a massive impact on your life. Despite recent reforms to shorten the impact of some more minor criminal convictions[5], some convictions are never regarded as “spent” (for example convictions of over 4 years in prison)[6], so will remain on your record forever.

There are also exceptions when you must disclose all convictions[7]. Let’s start with work – if you want to work with vulnerable people or children (such as in a nursery, school, care home or hospital) you will need to disclose conviction and have a Disclosure and Barring Service certificate. Your conviction will always show up on that certificate so your prospective employer will have to turn you away. It affects lots of other jobs too. Besides, how many employers do you think would want to employ a person convicted of a dishonesty offence?

What about a criminal conviction impacting on other aspects of your life?

Thinking about

• applying for a mortgage – your conviction virtually guarantees you’ll be turned away from the major banks and financial institutions
• studying –some courses will effectively be closed to you
• house insurance – probably not available to you even if it’s a “specialist” insurer” charging premium (high) prices
• fostering or adoption
• travelling – forget schemes which make obtaining visas easy such as the US Visa Waiver Program. Most countries won’t even want you to visit for a short holiday if you have a criminal conviction

Conclusion

Finally, don’t forget that buying fake ID will most likely help organised crime gangs commit further crimes so you may well also have the National Crime Agency paying a visit to you too[8].

[1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/3

[2] Fraud Act 2006 – http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents

[3] Identity Documents Act 2010 – http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/40/contents/enacted

[4] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/5

[5] The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 – see www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1198/pdfs/uksi_20131198_en.pdf

[6] Section 5 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/section/5) as amended

[7] Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975

What Happens If You Get Caught With A Fake Id At A Casino Hotel

[8] http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/economic-crime