I don’t see why they’re making such a big deal about this. A similar thing happened to me. The actual vehicle was the same color, almost the same make, with a handicap tag like mine, with one digit different from mine. It was a Silverado, but mine had a trailer hitch with an extendable step, and an “LTZ” logo on the tailgate that the offending vehicle didn’t have. The toll authority had sent me a couple of photos and it sure was easy to see how they interpreted the tag as mine. But I sent a photo of the rear of my vehicle along with my alternate interpretation of the questionable digit of the license tag and it turned out to be correct. They emailed me an acknowledgement that they found the correct vehicle and owner.
National newsworthy it isn’t.
It is very newsworthy. It's widespread fraud committed by private companies at the direction of the state, impacting people's driver's licenses and wallets.
The directors of these companies need to be charged with fraud, fined, and removed from running such programs by court order.