Then I find your question incomprehensible. Can you clarify what you meant by this: "can i be charged for driving a vehicle that's not in my name for forging a sticker and plate?"
Obviously, if you were convicted, you were charged.
Were you convicted of the law that "Zigner" cited and quoted in post #3 in the thread? If not, what was the specific crime of which you were convicted? I'll assume for the time being that you were convicted of violating section 46.2-722 - a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Did you take a plea bargain or did your case go to trial?
Were you represented by an attorney and, if so, did you ever discuss the possibility of an appeal?
A couple comments on the statute as quoted by "Zigner":
The statute criminalizes several things:
- "[Altering] any license plate or decal issued by the Department or by any other state;"
- "[Forging] or counterfeit[ing] any license plate or decal...;"
- "[Altering], falsif[ying], or forg[ing] any assignment thereof;" or
- "[Holding] or us[ing] any license plate or decal knowing it to have been altered, forged, or falsified."
The first three things require that the prosecutor prove fraudulent intent, but the last thing only requires proof of knowledge of the alteration/forgery/falsification.
I'm going to guess that you were convicted under the fourth bullet point, which means that, if you took a plea bargain, you admitted to knowing or, if you went to trial, the prosecutor convinced the jury (or judge) that you had knowledge (despite you telling us that you didn't know, one of these two things must have happened).
Fortunately for you, it appears that
Virginia recently enacted a law allowing for the expungement/sealing of certain convictions, including misdemeanor convictions. I suggest you review the linked article and do some googling of your own (I found the linked article by googling "expunge misdemeanor virginia).