When I’m talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire. I was reminded of this again as I saw the sentencing of Desmond Nkwenya from Brookhaven, Georgia this week. The DOJ press release from the Eastern District of Virginia released 09FEB2024 was entitled “Four Members of Bank Fraud Ring Sentenced.” When I read the press release, my eyes went immediately to Desmond Nkwenya, because I was already familiar with that name from a larger case in the Northern District of Georgia that had been announced as “10 charged in business email compromise and money laundering schemes targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and others.”
When VoyageATL magazine interviewed Desmond Nkwenya the story was about the young man from Cameroon who was making it in Atlanta under his recording label “Danyvails Entertainment.” But since 2016, Nkwenya had actually been making it under another business: Creating counterfeit driver’s licenses to enable a multitude of romance frauds and scams.
(photo from VoyageATL)Anyone who is using the presentation of a Drivers License as a proof of identity theft needs to understand just how simple it is to purchase a D/L online with the photo, name, and address of the purchasers choosing.
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