Details Emerge in Driver's License Scams

KOB TV - A day after a big indictment involving illegal immigrants getting New Mexico driver's licenses, with alleged forged documents, more information is coming out about the scope of the problem. KOB Eyewitness News 4 obtained an ad that New Mexico leaders say ran in a Spanish newspaper in New York. Staffers for Governor Susana Martinez say phone numbers in the ad were linked to New York resident Jose Luis Aguirre. Officials say he was arrested in May and was involved in bringing illegal immigrants from New York and other states to New Mexico to get a New Mexico license. Officials tell us a similar ad also ran in a Polish newspaper in Chicago. State leaders here find the ads troubling because only illegal immigrants who live in New Mexico can get a New Mexico license. Recent indictments of three Chinese men indicate they were being paid by illegal immigrants from out of state to arrange getting a New Mexico license, using forged documents. KOB Eyewitness News 4 has also learned about something else that raised major red flags with the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department. Illegal immigrants must set an appointment with the MVD to get their license and must provide a contact number. We have learned that one New Mexico number was used as a contact number 228 times. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Details Emerge in Driver's License Scams