Jon G.

You're up against a family of sociopaths who habitually lie to deceive the
authorities and boast about it, and you're worried about telling a little
white lie?

Yea, they will use your honesty against you to bury you, and come back to
defecate on your grave and laugh.

Learn their game, play their game and beat them at their own game, all the
while refusing to stoop to their level.