Police said a Penn State student and a U. Maryland student teamed-up this spring to distribute fake IDs to underage students — but the scheme didn’t last long.
The Penn State student — Chase Blaze Magaziner — was charged June 18 with one count of misdemeanor manufacturing or selling false identification cards when an ID he sold to another Penn State student was reported to police as a fake, according to court documents.
He waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Centre County court in front of District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, sending his charges to trial.
After Penn State student Rachel Blitz was charged with carrying a false ID that authorities believe Magaziner sold to her, she told the State College Police Department Magaziner had a “contact” at the University of Maryland who made the fake ID for her, according to court documents.
Police said they called authorities at the University of Maryland, who confirmed they were investigating a person who they believed was making fake IDs in a dorm room.
Magaziner collected information via e-mail from Blitz like the name, date of birth, address and state she wanted the ID to display, according to court documents.
Magaziner later collected $150 from Blitz to make the fake ID, according to court documents.
A couple of weeks later, Magaziner met Blitz in the Kappa Delta sorority in Cross Hall and gave her the fake ID, according to court documents.
Magaziner told police he had distributed at least eleven IDs — one of them was for himself.
Magaziner told Blitz the fake ID was “scannable” and that it had holograms for black light inspection, according to court documents.
Blitz was charged with carrying a false ID, but those charges were withdrawn, according to court documents.
Blitz filed an application June 23 to have her record expunged, according to court documents.
Magaziner told police he collected information and money for the fake IDs, but never actually made money for doing it, according to court documents.