8.79 Fraud in Connection with Identification Documents-Document-Making Implements (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1028(a)(5)) is a federal crime that is charged when a person produces, transfers, possesses, or uses document-making implements with the intent to manufacture, authenticate, or otherwise falsify a document for fraudulent purposes. These document-making implements can include any item that is used to make, alter, or modify a document, such as embossers, lithographs, or stamps. There are three primary types of 8.79 Fraud in Connection with Identification Documents-Document-Making Implements (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1028(a)(5)) offenses: producing or transferring document-making implements with the intent to defraud, possessing document-making implements with the intent to defraud, and using document-making implements with the intent to defraud. Each of these offenses is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison.