Florida arrests eight for driver’s license fraud targeting illegal migrants

[Sighlass]

“These licenses were essentially sold, not earned. That means we have individuals on the road, possibly operating tractor-trailers, who never demonstrated the basic skills to do so safely. It’s not a paperwork issue, it’s a direct threat to highway safety and a betrayal of the public trust.”
 

  Bay County is in Northwest Florida.
Two Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) employees were arrested, both of Panama City, including Bancelie Velazco and Demetrius Smith.
Ford said the scheme to sell fraudulent licenses occurred for a period of at least two years. Investigators did not specify how many of the licenses issued by Velazco and Smith were for commercial tractor-trailer operators.
Velazco and Smith were each charged with nine and eight counts, respectively, for issuing unlawful driver’s license, and nine and eight counts, respectively, of official misconduct.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florida-arrests-eight-for-drivers-license-fraud-targeting-illegal-migrants

How many truck drivers across the nation have similar illegal driving privileges that others have to earn. This is Florida, imagine in more corrupt states what is going on. When a big truck passes you on the highway, if a huge hairy arm with a mom tattoo is seen from the window, breath a sigh of relieve you got a real driver that can see over the steering wheel that did pass the test.