The Washington Times
RICHMOND — The Department of Motor Vehicles has thus far canceled more than 1,300 licenses of drivers who didn't respond to the agency's request to verify they got their licenses legally.
DMV officials said yesterday that 1,361 drivers in Northern Virginia either failed to respond by yesterday's deadline or their responses couldn't be verified.
"We canceled the ones we couldn't verify," said Pamela M. Goheen, agency spokeswoman. "DMV is obligated to make certain that the transaction conducted was valid."
The DMV last month sent letters to 2,837 drivers in Northern Virginia who between Sept. 28, 1998, and July 1, 2003, had used out-of-state licenses to get new ones from two former employees at the Tysons Corner branch. Those employees last year were convicted of participating in a $1 million scheme that involved illegally selling licenses.
Posted by Suzanne at January 16, 2004