New York Traffic Lawyer false impersonation with a driver's license
New York traffic lawyer discusses what to do when someone uses your driver's license or identity on a traffic stop and has tickets issued in your name. Even though you did not personally accrue the ticket(s), the tickets are in your name so you still have to answer and defend them. Such cases are defended on the issue of identification.
Misidentifying yourself to the police, with a stolen or fake license, is a serious felony. Appropriate charges are Criminal Impersonation, Identity Theft, and Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument.
Defense of such a case includes obtaining and video / body cam of the stop, backtracking your steps to get alibi evidence of where you were on the date and time of the stop, running the plate of the vehicle which the other person was driving, and making a criminal complaint with both the police department and the DMV.
We routinely defend persons incorrectly charged due to the criminality of others. If you or someone you know received a ticket anywhere in NY State, contact us at once at 914-777-2990 or via e-mail [email protected]