A 19-year-old in California is behind bars after creating, issuing fraudulent parking tickets to vehicles along the beach in Santa Cruz. Police said the suspect admitted to the crime.
shared one of the fraudulent tickets and an official parking citation, so residents could see the differences. The biggest visual difference between the two is the fake ticket had a palm tree on either end of the"notice," which was also typed in an unofficial font.
Legitimate parking tickets will also have a barcode near the top, along with very detailed sections for ticket, vehicle, violation and payment information.
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