The police really need to get their act together on identifying whether the identity is actually the person. There are just too many of these cases where a reasonable investigation would have shown it's a stolen identity. The state has an obligation to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, that should include reasonable due diligence in verifying that it's not a stolen identity.

It's not like this is a new thing, my mother had a run-in with the IRS over not reporting "income" from a place she had never worked and couldn't even find them. (IRS: if you believe it's wrong contact your employer. No, we will not provide contact information for them.) That was 40 years ago. The attempt to make things traceable probably deters some misdeeds but in most cases it just means they leave a false trail, only of use in causing trouble for innocents.