Is Your United States Passport Fake?
Being in possession of one of the world’s most valuable travel and identity documents allows its holders unrestricted entry to both the United States and other countries, including terrorist-targeted ones.
Holly claims the problem lies with the fact that, although all applicants for U.S. visas must provide full digital fingerprints to Interpol, not everyone crossing borders does.
Criminals using existing passports or images from the internet to forge fake ones is a federal crime under Title 18, United States Code Section 1543. That statute criminalizes anyone who “knowingly makes, forges, counterfeits or mutilates any passport with intent to use it. A conviction could bring up to 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.