In the movie Gattaca, Jerome and Vincent work together to commit identity fraud so that Vincent can become an astronaut despite his poor genetics. Identity fraud is a federal crime that carries a maximum federal sentence of 15 years in prison. The network of genetic information that is publicly available in the movie is vast and carries some privacy concerns when you consider that someone's entire genetic sequence can be easily accessed. The advanced technology in the movie to quickly read DNA sequences from hair, urine, and blood made it more difficult for them to get away with their scheme and this forced Vincent into many close situations in the movie (crossing the street with no contacts, police coming to the ball, detective visiting their house).