BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced the arrest of 102 people on charges of using a fraudulent Puerto Rico license or driver abstract to try to obtain a New York State Driver's license.
The DMV said the arrests are part of a months-long, statewide investigation. 94 face felony charges and eight face misdemeanors. Of the 102 arrests, 23 of those arrests were in Western New York.
You can find a breakdown of the arrests below:
| Region | Felony Arrests | Misd. Arrests | Total |
| Western New York | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| Finger Lakes | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Central New York | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohawk Valley | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Capital Region | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Mid-Hudson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 94 | 8 | 102 |
“We at DMV take our role to protect New Yorkers very seriously, and these arrests should put fraudsters on notice. By presenting false documents to DMV to bypass required tests these fraudsters could have posed a traffic safety risk to the motoring public but thanks to the diligent work of our investigators, they have been stopped.”
- DMV Commissioner Mark J.F. Schroeder
The DMV says in most cases the individuals allegedly used their true identity on the false documents to bypass knowledge and skills testing and many of them previously failed those tests.
