{"id":10418,"date":"2011-09-21T05:09:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T05:09:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-21T05:09:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T05:09:06","slug":"China-provides-realistic-fake-ids-for-Americans-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10418","title":{"rendered":"China provides realistic fake ids for Americans!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chinese companies appear to be flooding the U.S. with very realistic looking fake drivers licenses, and according to both local and federal law enforcement it is a growing concern.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fake IDs are showing up in bars and clubs all over the Bay Area and the state according to Chris Albrecht with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.<\/strong> \u201c14-, 15-,16-year olds are regularly found in possession,\u201d said Albrecht.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/video.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=378703;hostDomain=video.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=425;playerHeight=360;isShowIcon=true;clipId=6273221;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.SF%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed'><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Albrecht keeps a collection of fakes and noted old-fashioned detection techniques aren\u2019t enough any more.<\/strong> \u201cCounterfeiting has become a much more sophisticated business and counterfeiters are, in fact, trying to mimic a lot of the security features that are in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular fakes these days: Arizona drivers licenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my understanding a lot of them are coming from China,\u201d said Boyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UC Berkeley police recently confiscated a shipment of fake IDs from China.<\/strong> \u201cWe were contacted by the Department of Homeland Security,\u201d said Lt. Marc Decoulode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decoulode said the feds intercepted the package, containing 24 fake drivers licenses, which was headed to a campus fraternity. <\/strong>\u201cThey put their true name and a false date of birth so even if someone were to ask for a second piece of ID, like a university student ID, the name and the photo would match the fraudulent ID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police said the Berkeley IDs were purchased through a website which advertised realistic-looking drivers licenses from a dozen different states, though none from California.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So how are the counterfeiters getting away with it? The ABC\u2019s Chris Albrecht told us: \u201cWith blind shipments and that kind of thing, it becomes very difficult to investigate thoroughly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s just the kind of case the U.S. Postal service does investigate. \u201cThere\u2019s probably going to be a number of federal and state agencies that will be very interested in this,\u201d said postal inspector Jeff Fitch.<\/p>\n<p>The concern is that these IDs could be used for a lot more than getting into bars. \u201cID theft, ID fraud. Sky\u2019s the limit,\u201d said Fitch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2011\/09\/20\/bay-area-night-spots-seeing-plenty-of-realistic-fake-ids-from-china\/\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese companies appear to be flooding the U.S. with very realistic looking fake drivers licenses, and according to both local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Chinese companies appear to be flooding the U.S. with very realistic looking fake drivers licenses, and according to both local","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":171,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">News<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}