Several Arrested Selling 100s Of Drivers Licenses To Illegals! (Video)!

James Kaufman, World News Report today, June 16, 2025. God bless you and yours, no matter where you are in the world. Please subscribe, give us a thumbs up, and ring that bell for critical future updates. Eight arrested in Florida scheme to sell fraudulent licenses to illegals. Two DMV employees are among eight individuals arrested in Bay County, Florida, for involvement in a fraudulent driver's license ring. Issuing official state licenses to illegal aliens in exchange for cash in clear defiance of state law, the Bay County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with Homeland Security, began investigating in mid-May after noticing suspicious spikes in license insurance at the Bay County Tax Collector's Office, according to CDL Life. Let's listen to what they had to say about this. Hundreds of fraudulent driver's licenses were distributed right here in Bay County. News Channel 7's Austin Maeda has been following the story and joins us with the latest. Austin. Very eight people have been arrested after a joint investigation by the Bay County Sheriff's Office and Homeland Security Investigations. They say illegal immigrants were paying to obtain those About a month ago, we began investigating information driver's licenses illegally. that individuals within the Bay County Tax Collector's offices were issuing fraudulent driver's licenses to aliens. Two employees were allegedly issuing the licenses to people without the required testing. Some of those, they say, are illegal immigrants. Analysis of financial records have confirmed that the employees were receiving large sums of currency from numerous sources. Sheriff Tommy Ford says two employees of the tax collector's office, 37-year-old Ben Salvelasco and 30-year-old Demetrius Smith II, were arrested Wednesday for their role in the scheme to provide licenses to individuals who never took required driving tests. These weren't minor shortcuts. These were intentional acts of corruption where individuals paid bribes in exchange for skipping critical safety evaluations. Officials say five more Panama City residents acted as brokers, funneling people from as far away as Miami to Bay County to get these licenses. Two of them, owner and employee of a local company called Cuba Max. Another, a man with warrants for four counts of human trafficking in Texas. Three others were arrested. Including one not identified as a broker, but one of the estimated hundreds of people who fraudulently obtained licenses through this scheme. Bay County Tax Collector Chuck Perdue says the findings were unexpected. I am angry and I'm shocked to learn that these individuals, now two former employees, engaged in fraudulent activity that violated the trust of our office and our community. The investigation began May 20th when it was noticed that numbers at the tax collector's office were strange. An employee on average during the month will do 20 to 25 road exams. I have one employee, Mr. Smith, who did 295 exams one month. Purdue says his office is taking action to keep this from happening again. We have a lot of opportunities for improvement, and I look forward to working with our state partners and our law enforcement agencies to put those processes in place. Authorities also seized $120,000 from the homes of Alaska and Smith. They say this is an ongoing investigation and more arrests are expected. All right, thank you all. Soon to see the full list of charges, you can head over to our website, wjht.com. Wow, folks. Unbelievable. Panama City, Florida. Get your driver's license for cash. No tests needed. God bless you and yours. What has this world come to? Please share, subscribe, and always remember, anything is possible in bizarro world.