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Arrests continue in DMV scam

NORWALK

By STEVE KOBAK

Hour Staff Writer

A Bridgeport man was arraigned Thursday at Norwalk Superior Court for allegedly possessing a license that was fraudulently obtained during a 2008 scam at the Norwalk branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Guillermo Droing, 40, was charged with second-degree forgery, conspiracy to commit second-degree forgery and conspiracy to commit bribery. He was held on $10,000 bond and given a court date of Dec. 30.

According to an affidavit, Droing purchased a fake license from Juan Casiano, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence for his role in the scam. State Police arrested Droing on a warrant Wednesday.

The investigation into the licensing scam began in 2008 when New York City detectives discovered two men who were in possession of phony Connecticut driver's licenses.

4 accused in Sacramento of making fake ID


By Stephen Magagnini

More than 80 people arrested after investigation into downtown club

Nov. 10, 2010 | KPCC Wire Services | KPCC
A long-term look into illegal activities at a downtown hostess club led to the arrests of 88 people and the discovery of drugs, alcohol and a large amount of cash, police said Wednesday.
Los Angeles Police Department Central Area vice officers concluded a nearly four-month investigation this past Friday into illegal activities at the 907 Club at 9th and Hill streets.

Former Welfare Official Charged with ID Theft Again

Written by Megan Fox on Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A woman who was accused and convicted of identity theft for stealing funds from her employer has been accused again for similar charges.

Mother, son indicted in unemployment benefits scheme

TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
BOSTON —  A mother and son, and a former co-worker of the son, have been indicted in connection with the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits by creating false businesses and using other people's identities to collect jobless compensation from the state.

Elis Reyes, 26, of Bronx N.Y., his mother Teresa Cruz Colon, 51, of Leominster, and co-worker Atia Dobson, 31, of Fitchburg, are facing multiple charges as a result of the indictments by a special statewide grand jury, according to a press release from the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Mr. Reyes faces 32 counts of unemployment fraud, 34 counts of larceny over $250, five counts of forgery, six counts of identity fraud and one count of intimidation of a witness.

Two Hyattsville men plead guilty in largest identity fraud scheme in Maryland history

Alleged ringleaders sentenced Monday to four years, deportation in U.S. District Court
by Jeremy Arias | Staff Writer
This story was corrected Monday, Oct. 11. An explanation follows the story.
 
Two Hyattsville men who police say were the ringleaders of the largest fraudulent document mill ever uncovered in Maryland were sentenced Friday to four years in prison.
 
Hilario Hernandez-Romero, 27, and his brother Margarito Hernandez-Romero, 31, both of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty to identification document fraud and aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Friday morning.

"Crime Superstore" Busted by Feds in NJ and NY

Bank fraud, identity theft ring targeted Asian immigrants

By JONATHAN DIENST and BRIAN THOMPSON

Updated 1:35 PM EDT, Thu, Sep 16, 2010

More than 200 FBI agents have made dozens of arrests across New Jersey in a major bank fraud and identity theft crackdown.

Spokane: Arrested white supremacist behind alleged identity theft scheme

 

Meghann M. Cuniff; The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Published: 09/03/10 9:20 am

An alleged identity theft scheme by a white supremacist who federal prosecutors describe as a "perpetual criminal" was dismantled this week across the Spokane area.

Wayde Lynn Kurt, 52, is in the Spokane County Jail awaiting a decision from U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno on whether he can be released pending trial on a federal weapons charge.

DPS Trooper, clerk charged with conspiracy to commit ID fraud

by khou.com staff
kvue.com
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
 
HOUSTON – Two Department of Public Safety employees, and an alleged middle man, accused of selling Texas driver’s licenses to unqualified people have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno said.

DPS Trooper Mark DeArza, 39, Lidia Gutierrez, 37, a DPS clerk, and Maen Bittar, 46, the alleged middle man of the scheme and manager of a gasoline station located on Almeda-Geneo, were arrested and released on $50,000 bond pending trial. DeArza and Bittar reside in Houston. Gutierrez resides in Galena Park, Texas.

McKinney man gets 4 years in prison for supplying illegal IDs

DALLAS — A McKinney man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison on Monday after pleading guilty to providing stolen and fraudulent identification documents to illegal immigrants.
Ruben Gomez-Luevano, a 36-year-old Mexican citizen, will be referred to immigration officials for deportation proceedings after serving his sentence.

Man In ID Theft Case Appears In Court

David Salinas Linked To Largest ID Theft In Albuquerque
POSTED: 1:26 pm MDT June 6, 2010

DMV Worker, State Trooper Charged In Bribery, ID Fraud Case


Investigators Say Illegal Immigrants Obtained Driver's Licenses
POSTED: 4:35 pm EDT May 26, 2010

Duo Stole VA. Senator's Identity, Bought Marijuana

DMV Worker, State Trooper Charged In Bribery, ID Fraud Case

State investigators said they have busted a fake ID ring inside New Hampshire state government.
Seven people -- including a state trooper and an employee of the Division of Motor Vehicles -- have been charged in connection with a bribery and identity fraud scheme that allowed illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, the attorney general's office said Wednesday.
Officials said the arrests were the result of an unprecedented federal and state joint investigation that spanned several months. But they said the ring may have been operating for years.

Nine charged in phony IDs case


Web Posted: 05/25/2010 12:00 CDT
San Antonio Express-News
 

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have taken down a ring accused of providing fake identities for hundreds of people in San Antonio and Austin.

Fraud Prompts New Concerns about Tennessee Driver Licenses

By Mark Bellinger
Nashville, Tenn.-  There are new concerns about who can get a Tennessee Driver license. The Tennessee Department of Safety, Homeland Security, and Metro Police are investigating.

Unsuccessful Fraudulent Check Cashing Leads to Significant Counterfeiting Operation

When Jade Ingalls walked out of a grocery store in Pensacola, Florida after unsuccessfully cashing a check, he didn’t realize he had left both his wallet and a major clue to cracking a massive identity fraud scheme.
An alert clerk contacted the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office after he went through Jade’s wallet hoping to find contact information and instead found five identification cards with the same photo and different names.
A deputy Sheriff was dispatched and while he was interviewing employees, Darla Ingalls, whose ties to Jade are unclear, attempted to retrieve the wallet. The deputy told an employee to tell the woman that the wallet could only be given to its owner.
The woman drove away.

Prosecutors: ID theft case takes deadly turn

From Kristen Hamill,
 
CNN - March 4, 2010 8:44 p.m. EST
 

New York (CNN) -- An identity theft case involving a Brooklyn couple has taken a more serious turn, according to federal prosecutors. Dmitriy Yakovlev, 42, and his wife were arrested in August 2009 and charged with, among other things, identity theft and bank fraud. But now Yakovlev is facing charges in the slayings of two of their identity theft victims, according to a news release from Robert Nardoza, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

ICE agents take down an identity fraud ring that netted more than $1 million by obtaining New York State driver licenses using stolen identities

NEW YORK - Operation Two-Face led to the arrest of 22 members and customers of a document and identity fraud ring. This operation was led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Document and Benefits Fraud Task Force. The arrests were announced by the Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary for ICE John T. Morton and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Southern District of New York
Wilch D. Dewalt, 52, of New York, also known as "License Man," was the identity fraud ring's alleged leader.