Dozens Nabbed in Phony Driver's License Probe

WINS News ^ | 6/25/02

[areafiftyone]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Thirty-six people, including eight Department of Motor Vehicles employees, have been indicted on charges of trafficking in fake driver's licenses and other forms of state-issued identification.

Authorities said Monday that those indicted were part of four independent networks that helped create and sell fake documents to customers who could not otherwise obtain them legally. Buyers then used the fake documents to lease cars or obtain jobs.

"Identity theft goes to the heart of security," said Peter C. Harvey, director of the Division of Criminal Justice.

However, there is no evidence that any of those indicted in this case have links to terrorists, Harvey said.

The Motor Vehicles workers implicated in the scam have been fired.

One of those indicted made $100,000 selling fake documents over six to eight months, Harvey said.

The former employees assisted scams at every step of the licensing process, from learner's permits to driving and written tests, Harvey said.

[freedomcrusader]

Of course, this would never happen with a national ID, therefore national IDs are bulletproof protection against terror attacks (/sarcasm).

[Dialup Llama]

>"Identity theft goes to the heart of security," said Peter C. Harvey, director of the Division of Criminal Justice.

Someone who perceives clearly! Not very common these days.

[Dialup Llama]

Of course it would happen, which is why the nat'l ID offers a false level of security. Which you already know and so do many others. You cannot fix the terror at home problem when you have gov't official implementing their own open borders, no doc policy.

[Quilla]

My children told me about an internet site where fake driver's licenses for nearly all states can be bought for around $100. The site is called http://www.getintheclub.com I can't believe this is legal, so how does the site get away with it? And what's to keep illegals from utilizing this source of fake identification?

[Fred Mertz]

Hey, thanks for the link! I know some people who could use a "novelty license".

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

When you live here, in Tennessee, ya get used to this kind o'stuff . . .

I've even heard rumors that 'Tennessee Drivers Licenses' have been found in Osama's Caves.

[Brookhaven]

I can't believe this is legal

It's not. It looks like they are trying to maintain it is legal by saying it is a "novelty id", but these look too much like the official driver's license issued by the state.

It's obvious from the name "get in to the club", and the customer's pictures on their site that the purpose of these ids is to allow underage persons to get into clubs to drink.

A lawyer might argue "that depends on the what the meaning of is, is", but it is pretty obvious that what they are doing is illegal.

[martin_fierro]

I'd like to know WTF is going on here:

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[Brookhaven]

They also sell "novelty birth certificates", and "novelty social security cards".

Perhaps someone should forward info about this site to the FBI, they probably won't think it is so novel.

[Quilla]

My children (gasp, they sound like such worldly characters) mentioned a site full of links for such id's. Apparently this site prepares rankings similar to consumer reports, explaining which link provides the most authentic looking fake id's. In their credit, I must admit, they asked me if they could have fake id's. I said no way and if history repeats itself, they will obey me.

[Britton J Wingfield]

The FBI will find this interesting. I've dropped the URL in their inbox. I don't care about a bunch of kids getting into clubs underage, but this is too much of a security risk.