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Maryland Indicts Five, Including State Employee, on Charges Related to Fake IDs

A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee assigned to the Glen Burnie office and four others were indicted yesterday on charges that they made and sold fake state driver's licenses and identification cards in exchange for money, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors said that from December 2005 through October last year 25 fake ID cards and licenses were made using names of other people. Smith is accused of making the cards and meeting with others at the Glen Burnie office to distribute them.

Five indicted in identity theft scheme, Baltimore Sun, January 11, 2008.