Ohio Driver’s Licenses Hit by Four-Year ID Theft Scam

By Janice Kephart, December 17, 2008

On January 11, 2008, Ohio became the first state to agree to comply with the REAL ID law. Under REAL ID, states will conduct more thorough identity verification, including review of source documents provided by the applicant. That Ohio is moving in the direction of more-secure ID issuance is a good thing; and just last week it was reminded that its driver’s license issuing system was abused for at least four years by two U.S. nationals living in Harrisonburg, Va., plus a Puerto Rican and a Mexican.

Together these four men (a total of eight were indicted in March 200 comprised a conspiracy that illegally procured and sold “authentic identity cards,â€