I read the cited statute in the FBI release. There is no way faking your own card violates 18 USC 1017. It reads in its entirety as follows:
"Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."
There is no seal of any department of the US being affixed by anyone on those paper cards. This claim is BS.
I read the cited statute in the FBI release. There is no way faking your own card violates 18 USC 1017. It reads in its entirety as follows:
"Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."
There is no seal of any department of the US being affixed by anyone on those paper cards. This claim is BS.