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    Senators ask Chinese to help stop flood of fake IDs (Updated)

    Senators ask Chinese to help stop flood of fake IDs

    By John McAuliff, USA TODAY
    Updated 54m ago

    In a rare showing of bipartisan cooperation, four U.S. senators have asked the Chinese Embassy to crack down on high-quality fake IDs flowing into the USA from the foreign power.

    The two Republicans — Charles Grassley of Iowa and Mark Kirk of Illinois — and the two Democrats — Richard Durbin of Illinois and Tom Harkin of Iowa — cited "grave concern" over the quality and availability of the fake identification cards from companies such as ID Chief.

    "I joined in the letter because this is a real problem to our security structure," said Durbin, assistant Senate majority leader. "A license is essentially an ID passkey to enter into the security system in America, and these IDs could fool a trained security officer."

    "This appeal to the Chinese government is necessary given the national security threat raised by counterfeit operations of this scale and the threat to individual security by the related identity theft reported by USA TODAY," Grassley said.

    The letter, sent to Ambassador Zhang Yesui of the People's Republic of China and copied to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, reads:

    "We are writing with grave concern regarding recent reports detailing how individuals can obtain high quality counterfeit driver's licenses from companies based in China, as relayed in a June 10, 2012, USA TODAY article. … We remain concerned that high-quality counterfeit identification documents will get into the hands of terrorists that can use them to circumvent our security infrastructure in their plot to harm our country."

    ID Chief and other companies are creating fake identification cards that can satisfy many, if not all, of the security measures used by states to prevent fraud. ID Chief, whose website is based in China, responds personally to each buyer with a money-order request.

    The IDs, used mainly by underage drinkers, can get through security scans and airport security checkpoints.

    Andrew Meehan, a policy analyst for the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License, a non-partisan group that supports tighter controls on such documents, applauded the senators' action but said he's concerned that the problem requires more than just cooperation from the Chinese.

    "This is a supply-and-demand problem," Meehan said. "The Senate took an important step in encouraging the Chinese to crack down on ID Chief and others. However, something must be done about that demand and that may mean increased penalties for (persons caught using) fake IDs."

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    Chinese Fake ID Website Taken Down

    By Coalition for a Secure Driver's License
    Published: Friday, Aug. 10, 2012 - 12:17 pm

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On August 6, 2012, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to Zhang Yesui, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the United States, regarding recent reports detailing how individuals can obtain high quality counterfeit driver's licenses from websites operated by companies based in China. The letter specifically named the website, ID Chief. Today, operators of the ID Chief website announced that its business is closing and posted the following message:

    "Dear customers

    We are stopping the website and novelty id service.

    Thank you for your support, we want you to know we provided the very special service, that no other website can do. We just want let you know that if you find different website that looks like ours and has the same products that we sold they will steal your money, or your information, to use it for the bad things. You can know that we have deleted everyone data and there are not any records.

    We also want you to be smart and only use your novelty id for buying beer in movies, We do not like criminals and do not think we are bad people, we just try to help the poor student have some fun. Again thank you for your support and understanding."

    Brian Zimmer, President of the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License released the following statement:

    "The Senators took the right step in addressing directly the Chinese ambassador and seeking his help. It is clear that action soon followed in China leading to an abrupt end to the menace of hundreds of thousands of counterfeit IDs flooding this country."

    About the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License:

    The Coalition for a Secure Driver's License is a 501 (c) (3) non-partisan, not for profit, crime prevention education public charity, supported by donor contributions from across the United States.

    The CSDL slogan, "Working to protect the identity of every American", embodies our commitment to higher standards for both government and private entities that issue identity credentials, especially state agencies that issue driver's licenses and ID cards. CSDL undertakes research projects addressing best practices for DMVs, compliance with federal laws and regulations, identity fraud prevention and related identity management topics. CSDL provides research results and educational programs to the public and to state and federal officials and is a member of the Document Security Alliance and the American National Standards Institute.

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