Mr. McShane of the Department of Motor Vehicles said his corps of 100 investigators had collected 1,450 counterfeit drivers' licenses in underage drinking stings in 2012.
And on June 22 of this year, more than a dozen members of what is known as the South Florida crew of the Colombo family were arrested in the Miami area on charges of extortion, money laundering, illegal gambling, credit card fraud and dealing in counterfeit drivers' licenses.
PLA businesses are heavily involved in trucking, and their vehicles don't pay tolls or get stopped for inspection hence a roaring trade in illicitly sold or counterfeited military license plates.
She said the names came from recent investigations, including one into a counterfeit driver's license mill.
In many cases, the thieves simply made a rental reservation online before using a counterfeit driver's license and stolen credit card to swipe at a rental vehicle.
He said Mr. Rosario was accused of beating Mr. Caietta to death with a baseball bat in May 2006, dumping his body in the cesspool and stealing $800 that Mr. Caietta had withdrawn from the bank to buy a counterfeit driver's license.
In addition to narcotics, Silk Road listed fake drivers' licenses, counterfeit currency, hacking services and much more, the government alleges.
The police at Arkansas State confiscated counterfeit driver's licenses that Mr. Bowen was carrying and referred the matter to the testing service.
Workers in the state's Division of Motor Vehicle Services helped support a black market for counterfeit driver's licenses, according to a published report.
Undercover agents testing security measures at the country's airports and border crossings were repeatedly allowed to enter the country after showing customs inspectors counterfeit driver's licenses and birth certificates, Congressional officials said today.
