LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Over 4,400 fake IDs were uncovered at Louisville's SDF airport Thursday morning, Customs and Border Protection officials announced.
What You Need To Know
- Customs officers in Louisville seized over 4,000 fake driver's licenses this morning
- Officials say fraudulent driver's licenses are being discovered more frequently by CBP officers
- In just 14 days, officers have seized a total of 7,789 counterfeit driver’s licenses in Louisville
Louisville CBP intercepted two separate shipments from Hong Kong, where they discovered 2,857 counterfeit state driver's licenses in one shipment and 1,565 fakes in the second shipment. Officials say fraudulent driver's licenses are being discovered more frequently by CBP officers.
Thursday's marks the third time in 10 days officers have seized a shipment of counterfeit driver’s licenses. On Oct. 12, officers seized 1,094 IDs, and on Oct. 24, officers seized 2,265 counterfeits.
That means in just 14 days, officers have seized a total of 7,789 counterfeit driver’s licenses.
“These significant seizures are just a small aperture of the great work our CBP officers perform daily,” said LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, director of Field Operations with CBP's Chicago bureau. “CBP officers are the front-line of stopping these nefarious shipments from reaching their intended destination."
The counterfeit licenses seized were for several states including Ohio, Georgia, Wisconsin, New York, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan. Most were for college-age students, and some licenses would share the same picture but have a different name.