Texas sent thousands of driver's licenses to organized crime group, DPS says texasnews
Several thousand Texans may be at risk after the Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into sending replacement driver's licenses to criminals., DPS officials said at least 4,000 fraudulent accounts were created and 2,400 Texas driver's licenses were sent to third-party addresses investigators now believe may be tied to an unnamed Chinese organized crime group in New York.
The paper reported Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw said before a House committee Monday in Austin that criminals obtained information about Asian Texans on the dark web and then used that information to get past lax security and order replacement copies of the licenses.Get DFW local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.
In responding to questions from Texas Rep. Mary González , McCraw said they opted to conduct a thorough criminal investigation before notifying those whose information may have been compromised.
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