It is a federal crime to work with fake documents. What my buddy did that I feel helped him was that he worked with a fake name.Your employer can sue you for fraud if they find out that your documents are fake. Fake employment verification involves falsifying information on a loan, credit card, lease, or job application to increase the odds for approval or hire. Penal Code 115 PC makes it a crime knowingly to file, register, or record a false or forged document in any public office within the state. Both laws are meant to punish persons who intend to use falsified written records (including photographs, letters, email, etc.) to help their case in court. Forging any documents is illegal. That's why they call it forgery.