By posing as car dealers, sellers used fraudulent information to sell tags across the U.S. However, criminals have generated hundreds of thousands of fraudulent tags through security loopholes in the TxDMV’s system and then sold them for a profit, NBC 5 reported. Temporary tags or paper license plates are issued to drivers to use for a short period before they register their vehicles or to car dealerships for loaner vehicles or for demonstrations.
They have been tied to offenses that range from avoiding toll charges and selling damaged vehicles to robberies and carjackings out of state, the Houston Chronicle reported last year. TV news station NBC 5, based in North Texas, aired an investigation in November on how criminals have exploited loopholes in the state’s system to create a $200 million enterprise selling illegitimate paper license plates across the country.įake tags can be used by criminals to remain anonymous from law enforcement or by people whose vehicles might not pass an inspection.
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