Identity Thieves Caught in NYC Area

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Two work for the DMV

Inspector General Joseph Fisch joined in a press conference today in Manhattan with Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announcing the unsealing of charges against seven members of an identity fraud ring, including two New York State Department of Motor Vehicles employees, that allegedly sold more than 200 fraudulent New York State driver licenses, netting more than $1 million. In addition, 15 alleged customers who obtained fraudulent DMV documents through the ring were charged.

Inspector General Fisch stated at the press conference: "State employees who commit crimes not only violate the law, but betray the trust and responsibility imposed upon them as public servants and dishonor the reputations of their honest, hard-working colleagues. With these arrests, we serve notice that state employees who engage in such acts will be identified, apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent permissible by law. As was done here, we will continue working with law enforcement authorities, at all levels of government, in the identification and pursuit of such wrongdoers."