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Two People Arrested In Phony Drivers License Scam
Couple Allegedly Charged $1200 For Phony ID Reporting
Ted Scouten
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
Kevin Patterson was arrested along with Tarsha Brown for allegedly running a phony drivers license scheme in Ft. Lauderdale.
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Two people have been arrested for allegedly running a phony identity scam out of a Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office.

Ft. Lauderdale police detectives said 29-year-old Kevin Patterson convinced Tarsha Brown, a DHSMV examiner, to produce the phony driver's licenses. According the investigation, Patterson offered interested individuals a real driver's license with their picture on it but with someone else's personal information for $12 hundred.

When he found a buyer he could contact Brown and set up the deal. Patterson would allegedly drive the person to the DMV and then contact Brown. "Kevin would text the employee at the DMV office, "said Fort Lauderdale police detective Kathy Collins. "(He would) let them know what the person is wearing and that is the way she could identify them from all the other legitimate customers." When she spotted the individual, she would do the exam, take the person's picture and produce the fraudulent license.

Both Patterson and Brows were arrested last Friday. Ft. Lauderdale police say during questioning both waived their Miranda rights and confessed to the scheme. They also reportedly admitted to pulling the scam six or seven times before they were caught. At the time of his arrest, Patterson was on already on probation for a felony burglary charge.

Investigators say the person Brown used for the personal information section of the phony drivers licenses has been made aware that their identification was used for criminal purposes. "This is, we believe, the tip of the iceberg, " warned Collins. "There a lot more information that's going to be coming forward and more arrests."

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