In recent years, Public Enemy Number 1 (PENI) members, like those of some other racist prison gangs, have become increasingly involved in white collar crime, including computer fraud, credit card fraud, counterfeiting and identity theft.   PENI members sometimes solicit friends, relatives and associates who have access to personal records to steal that private data from institutions where they work, including banks, mortgage businesses, dental offices, hospitals or even the Department of Motor Vehicles.  PENI members will also engage in stealing personal data via auto burglary, mail theft, purse snatching and trash diving.  They can provide this data to people who can use it to create false identities.  Documents that have been replicated have included drivers' license, bank statements, Social Security cards, notarized documents, duplicate checks and even W-2 forms, as well as counterfeit money.

In one case, PENI member Brian "Bullet" Mitchell was arrested for making counterfeit $50 bills by bleaching lower denomination currency with oven cleaner spray and running the paper through a color printer.  He was later convicted of having equipment for the purpose of counterfeiting money for the benefit of financing the prison accounts of PENI members.  In another case, law enforcement confiscated the computer of a PENI associate and found a laundry list of types of documents that could be falsified for a specified price. 

Identity theft and stolen information have also been used by PENI members for their own personal pleasure.  There have been reports of PENI members using stolen credit cards to check into hotels and hold parties.  Law enforcement was only alerted when a security risk emerged at the hotel, such as PENI "guests" refusing to leave at the hotel's check-out time or stolen credit cards setting off an alert.  In another case, a group of PENI members were kicked out of a hotel before check-out. They later received a refund check from the hotel.  They allegedly took the check and made duplicates of it numerous times, cashing them in various drugstores.