Orange County Tax Collector cracks down on fraudulent driver's licenses

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — There are changes coming to how people get a driver’s license in Orange County to how reduce the number of fraudulent IDs, the county tax collector said.

Eyewitness News has reported several times in recent months about fake licenses.

Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph put together a new committee last month to double check the work processed and scanned by the office's clerks, including the processing and scanning of documents.

The Tax Collector’s Office has launched a public service announcement to warn people about obtaining fake IDs. Plaques in English and Spanish have been placed at the Tax Collector’s Office to warn people about ID fraud and two employees will look through documents obtained when applying for a license to make sure there isn’t fraudulent information.

Channel 9's Racquel Asa asked if having two employees on the committee will be enough to stop fake driver's licenses.

“This is something we had to do mid-budget year this year, and next year, we’ll budget for a bigger committee than this,” Randolph said.

It is a felony, carrying a penalty of up to five years in prison, to obtain a fraudulent document, ID or license.

The tax collector is also pushing the state to get facial recognition software in the Orange County offices.

In one case earlier this year, troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said they used the software to catch an Orange County woman who obtained a valid ID using someone else's name.

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