Posted on 04/14/2011 10:36:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Customs agents at O'Hare International Airport have seized more than 1,700 "high quality" counterfeit driver's licenses that have been shipped from China this year.
The licenses were for the states of Illinois, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Most of them were addressed to college students and were apparently ordered online.
"Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are conducting investigations regarding some of the intended recipients," Customs officials said. Our greatest concern is the ease at which these high quality fakes can be ordered over the Internet."
In some cases, the counterfeit licenses were shipped in envelopes, in others they were hidden inside shipments of electronic and gift items,..
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
It can’t be that hard to make a fake drivers license. Especially with all the online tools available:
I really wish there was a way to opt out. I don’t like having my drivers license available online.
Ping!
Surely many were planned for "people doing the work American's won't do," the criminal class, terrorists, anarchists and maybe even a future president.
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