KS - Spanish-speaking worker allegedly confesses to DMV undocumented worker fraud
Posted: May 05, 2015 7:02 PM PST
Updated: May 05, 2015 7:06 PM PST
By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager
By Jeanene Kiesling, Reporter
OLATHE, KS (KCTV) -
A Kansas woman allegedly told authorities that she was able to receive tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for issuing driver's license to undocumented workers because she was the only Spanish-speaking worker in the DMV office.
Court documents reveal details about how Samantha Moore allegedly issued 56 licenses illegally. Despite what prosecutors had publicly said, court documents say 17 Social Security numbers belonged to other people.
Seventeen were Social Security numbers that had not been issued and 22 were completely fake.
Moore allegedly made nearly $50,000 from 2011 to 2013 by working with two leaders of the scheme. They would allegedly send undocumented workers to the Mission DMV office where they were told to ask for a Spanish-speaking worker.
Moore was the office's only bilingual worker. The undocumented workers would pay up to $2,500 for the driver's license. They didn't have to take a written or driving test.
Court documents claim that Moore confessed in February and detailed how she manipulated the system. Authorities said they became aware of the scheme in July and put Moore under video and audio surveillance.
She said allegedly claimed she had stopped issuing the fraudulent driver's licenses after she became scared. She had attended a training class on internal fraud reporting and became worried she would be caught.
http://www.kctv5.com/story/28987419/...d-worker-fraud
