Former Baltimore City MVA employee and two contractors accused of faking written driving tests in identity fraud scheme
A former Motor Vehicle Administration employee and two contractors are accused of faking dozens of written driving tests in a scheme to sell Maryland driver’s licenses and learner’s permits.
The three defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit identity fraud with a value between $25,000 and $100,000, according to a news release from the attorney general’s office.
“State employees have a responsibility to use their position to protect our residents, not to engage in conduct that puts others at risk of financial or personal harm,” Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a news release.
In spring 2022, two of the defendants were employed as contract custodians by the MVA while the third was a customer agent at the agency’s branch on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore City, according to the release.
One of the custodians posted on Instagram about driver’s licenses and learner’s permits for sale for $600 each, and the other assumed the identity of at least 66 applicants to take the written portion of their driver’s test, according to the release.
The two custodians used money collected from applicants to bribe the MVA employee, whose responsibilities included the administration of the tests, according to the release.
The defendants are a 29-year-old woman from Brooklyn, Maryland, a 54-year-old man from Baltimore City and a 34-year-old woman from Baltimore City. The contract custodians are also charged with bribery and conspiracy to bribe a public employee while the former MVA employee is charged with accepting bribes and misconduct in office, according to court records in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
An attorney representing one of the defendants did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday night while the others do not yet have an attorney listed in online court records.
