The FTC alleged that the defendant's Web site sold 45 days of access to fake ID templates for $29.99. District Court shut down the Web site of Jeremy Martinez of Tarzana, California, doing business as Info World.
On December 12, 2000, at the request of the FTC, a U. The settlement will bar any involvement in the sale of false identification documents, bar the defendant from providing others with the means of breaking the law, and require that he relinquish $20,000 in ill-gotten gains. The operator of an Internet site that sold access to templates and software used to produce false identity documents, such as drivers licenses and birth certificates, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his operation violated federal law.