Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.

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    Good question. There are probably some constellations where the police would be like: We got plenty of matching testimonies for you. We charge you and this could send you to jail for 80 years or you pleat guilty and accept 5 years.

    On the other hand, I think in Germany you could be charged with pretending to have committed a crime.

    Criminal Code (StGB) § Section 145d Pretending to have committed a criminal offense

    (1) Any person who, contrary to his better knowledge, pretends to an authority or to a body competent to receive reports that an unlawful act has been committed […] shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty […].

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      That’s just filling a false report. That’s illegal almost anywhere, but you need to be more specific than what’s in the post.