SACRAMENTO – With holiday shopping at its peak time, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators know that, in most places, convenient parking spaces are at a premium. Human nature and experience tells them, some people will fraudulently place a Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) on their vehicle’s rearview mirror in order to use a […]
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Fresno Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Sell Fraudulent Identification Documents
FRESNO — A Fresno woman accused of working with five others to sell fraudulent social security cards and alien registration receipt cards for as much as $150 a set has pleaded guilty to the charges against her. On October 16, 2017, Maria Victoria Perez-Vasquez, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transfer, possess, and sell false […]
DMV Investigators Arrest San Francisco Man in Disabled Parking Placard Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO – On June 1, 2017, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators arrested Montana Le, of San Francisco, for allegedly filing dozens of fraudulent Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) applications. Le is charged with six felony counts associated with his alleged fraudulent disabled parking placard broker activity. DMV investigators have linked Le to […]
DMV Clerk and Five Others Charged in Identity Theft Scheme
“Aiding people in assuming someone else’s identity and aiding them in passing tests that they either failed or didn’t take at all, is a crime against all of us, it puts our safety and security at risk.” – Kenny Ehrman, AMVIC President SANTA ANA – California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators are part of […]
DMV Investigators Arrest Three in Operation Blue Zone
In an effort to curb the illegal use and misuse of disabled placards in California, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators launched Operation Blue Zone targeting suspects who obtain placards by fraudulent means. As a result of Operation Blue Zone, three San Francisco residents were recently arrested on felony charges involving the Disable Person […]