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
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CONCORD, N.H. -- 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.
Attorney General Michael Delaney said Donna Rockholt, a worker at the DMV, was paid to provide driver's licenses for people who presented false identification. Among those who received driver's licenses were people charged with illegally entering the country.
"When illegal aliens obtain legitimate driver's licenses by fraudulent means, it allows them to apply for other documents and essentially build a false identity," said Matthew J. Etre, acting special agent in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in Boston.
Investigators said state Trooper Fred Stamatatos was paid to provide salvage inspection stickers to Adalberto Medina for vehicles that weren't inspected in accordance with state law. Medina was also charged with bribing Rockholt.
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Didn't I just leave this shit in CA? Give all these clowns the MAX.
