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Giving bogus information to the police? That is, lying to the police. That is a crime.

• zimpenfish 8y ago
  But what bogus information did they give? If the thief used his ID, it's not like they can give the police another name, is it?
  • mirimir 8y ago
    They provided video of someone they claimed was this kid. But it was actually someone who apparently used a stolen or counterfeited ID. And not really even that. It was likely someone who their facial recognition system matched with someone who had used that ID. Maybe I'm just naive, but I doubt that people typically get arrested based on such iffy identity theft. It wasn't a photo ID. And such ID is typically useless for legally meaningful authentication. It won't get you alcohol when you're underage. It won't get you a bank account. Or a drivers license, or even a replacement social security card.