passport fraud
Fake travel documents
Passport fraud is the crime of obtaining, using, or creating a passport through deception or forgery.
This includes applying under a false identity, altering a legitimate passport, or manufacturing counterfeit documents.
Passport fraud often connects to broader criminal activity—identity theft, human trafficking, or evading law enforcement: He was convicted of passport fraud after using a dead man's birth certificate to obtain travel documents.
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- stampMark-making device
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
- stolen identityFraudulent use of another's information
- impersonationPretending to be another
assumed name · forgery · fake ID · human trafficking · smuggling · illegal immigration · seal · forged documents · false papers · visa regulations · border · falsification · laminate · security features · biometric data · citizenship laws · espionage · cover-up
- federal crimesbank robbery, kidnapping, counterfeiting, racketeering, drug trafficking
- financial crimesmoney laundering, Ponzi scheme, insider trading, investment scams, ponzi scheme
- identity theftchild identity theft, account takeover, credential theft, impersonation, forged documents
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- diplomatic incidentspersona non grata, hostage crisis, border incursion, airspace violation, territorial claim
- document fraudforged documents, fake documents, falsification, counterfeit documents, forged signatures