U.Md. student charged with making fake IDs

Published May 5, 2011 4:00am ET



A University of Maryland student has been indicted in federal court for allegedly making fake identification cards in his College Park dorm room and selling them to underage students. Prosecutors said Theodore “Teddy” Steven Michaels, 20, of Potomac, made thousands of dollars by selling high-quality fake driver’s licenses to his friends.

He was making between $100 and $170 for each license sold, according to the 16-count indictment handed down by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

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