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From: attorney@stephenpidgeon.com

Fraud and False Statements.

18 U.S.C. § 1002 - Fraud and False Statements - Possession of false papers to defraud United States, provides severe criminal penalties for fraud and false statements using false papers in order to defraud the United States, to wit:

(c) Whoever uses or attempts to use any certificate of arrival, declaration of intention, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship or other documentary evidence . . . of citizenship, or any duplicate or copy thereof, knowing the same to have been procured by fraud or false evidence . . .; or

(d) Whoever knowingly makes any false certificate . . .; or

(e) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or claim that he is, or at any time has been, a citizen or national of the United States, with the intent to obtain on behalf of himself, . . ., any Federal or State benefit or service, or to engage unlawfully in employment in the United States;

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Also consider 18 U.S.C. § 1017 – Fraud and False Statements - Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed. This federal statute also provides for five years in prison for “whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate," or "whoever knowingly and without lawful authority produces an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document.

However, the federal government takes identity fraud very seriously. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1028 - Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information, the punishment for an offense under subsection (a) of this section is a fine or imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both, if the offense is the production or transfer of an identification document, authentication feature, or false identification document that is or appears to be . . . a birth certificate, or a driver’s license or personal identification card.

Obama prior to his election, initially caused one Certification of Live Birth to be published on Fightthesmears.org.


This document has been determined to be a forgery by at least two internationally respected computer forensic auditors. Whether or not it is a forgery, there are some obvious things about this COLB. First, it provides on the bottom that “Any Alterations Invalidate This Certificate.” A quick review indicates that the Certificate No. has been blacked out. It is therefore altered, and therefore invalid. Nonetheless, this is the document that Chris Matthews heralded as proof that Obama was born in Hawaii, and this is the document that Bill O’Reilly claimed was in his possession (he incorrectly called it a birth certificate).

There are other glaring deficiencies with this document as well, including the failure to evidence a raised embossed seal from the State of Hawaii (a clear indication of a faked document), and the signature of an Hawaiian authority signing the seal. The document is not creased as a mailed document would be, and the “hard copy” was never produced – just an internet posting.

As we all know, if you get two different stories from a suspect, at least one of the stories is a lie. After the DNC and most of the news broadcasters had concluded that Obama was born in Hawaii based on this forgery, FactCheck.org released another internet image of a completely different document, claiming that this time, the Certification of Live Birth was genuine.

Magically, on this COLB, the black line over the Certificate Number is gone. This document is creased and it contains a state seal, although the seal and the whole document cannot be seen in the same photograph.

Two separate COLBs, and two separate images means at least one of them was a fraud, and between the two, document number one is a clear qualifier. Take a look at 18 U.S.C. § 1028 one more time. The penalty for violating this statute with the intent to secure anything from the United States can be punishable with up to fifteen years in prison.