A frameup refers to the act of "framing" someone, that is, providing false evidence in order to prove someone guilty of a crime. Usually the person who is framing someone else is the actual perpertrator of the crime. Some criminals themselves will prove they were framed and try to systematically disprove evidence (or just blatantly claim something without any evidence) in order to avert punishment.

Although frameups usually occur by creating false evidence, sometimes people will employ identity theft instead, because, in this day and age of digital records, it is often cheaper to take advantage of lax computer security than go through the trouble of impersonating someone else physically, because many usual behaviors must be recorded and practiced in order to create realistic evidence.

See also: identity theft