Other statements on the site assured customers that the defendant is “NOT PAYSTUB POLICE” and that the websites “have no way to trace or track your numbers.” Touting its products as the “Most Authentic on the Internet,” the PayStubDirect homepage advised that “If it doesn’t look authentic at first glance, then people will scrutinize more.” The loan established her as a good borrower.” Um, OK. So, her financial adviser told her that she needed a loan of some sort. She had the money, wanted to establish credit, but always got paid in tips. Consider this anecdote: “We had a dancer who needed to buy a car. We are assuming you performed a job, in which you were paid by the customer in cash, and you don’t have an expensive and complex software that creates pay stubs.” But a closer read suggested what was really going on.

For example, in response to the FAQ “What if I get caught with a fake paystub?” the defendant responded “Caught with what?. On some pages, the website offered purported justifications for the products it sells. and are Texas-based operations owned by George Jiri Strnad II that sell fake W-2s, 1099s, bank statements, and the like. But the phrase was easy for purchasers to remove – and c’mon: How entertaining can a utility bill really be? The site described itself as “Your one stop shop for authentic looking fake pay stubs and other income verification documents.” Also selling bogus auto insurance cards, utility statements, cable bills, doctors’ excuses, and medical absence reports, the company included the fine-print disclaimer “For Entertainment Purpose Only” on some of its documents. Then there’s, a site based in Beaverton, Oregon, run by Integrated Flight Solutions LLC and Steven Simmons.

Buyers of fake bank statements could even choose which of five well-known financial institutions their paperwork would falsely claim to come from. The California-based operation owned by Katrina Moore really did sell fake bank statements, W-2s, profit and loss statements, and “other income verification documents” – although we’re still trying to get our head around the oxymoronic advertising claim that the site sold “Authentic Fake Pay Stubs!” The site offered a host of customized options including “standard” fake pay stubs and “premier” ones printed on blue check stock. We’ll grudgingly give this to Innovative Paycheck Solutions and.

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