help please

[whowho]

What is the name of your state? CA

I have two sons, whom look similar. The younger one who is not yet 21 went to the dmv and ordered a duplicate of my older son's license. Not only did he order a duplicate, but he retook the photo on the license. In CA, a finger print is also taken and so they took his fingerprint and picture.

now, what will happen and what is the best plan of action?

when reissuing a license, what roles do the photo and fingerprint play?

Thank you.

 

[seniorjudge]

Q: now, what will happen and what is the best plan of action?

A: Turn bad son into the cops; if I am not mistaken, this is a felony in California.

 

[outonbail]

Doesn't matter if you turn him in or not, those new computerized fingerprint machines can match prints with the person they belong to in a few short hours, if not minutes.

When the license information is checked against the fingerprints, it will be rejected as the prints will not match up with the prints submitted by the person originally applying for the license under that name.

If the younger son who pulled this stunt hasn't had his prints taken or placed in the data base, using his true name, the computer will not be able to match his prints or identify him until the time comes when his prints are entered into the system, that's when they'll nail him on it.

If the prints are not in the database, the computer will just alert the DMV that the person requesting the duplicate, is not the same person who the license was originally issued to. They will most likely hold the duplicate license from being mailed and may contact the original licensee, (Your oldest son) to inform him of the possibility that someone is making an attempt to commit identity theft using his information.

If they can identify the youngest son as the one who falsley represented himself to the DMV, he can be charged, jailed and bailed.

 

[snostar]

Anyone know if this would be considered a federal offense since he attempted to defraud the government?

 

[seniorjudge]

Anyone know if this would be considered a federal offense since he attempted to defraud the government?

The post indicates this was an attempt to defraud the state government, not the federal government.

 

[HomeGuru]

Anyone know if this would be considered a federal offense since he attempted to defraud the government?

**A: yes it is. 10 years making big rocks into little rocks.