The Brief
- A Snohomish woman warns against using the state’s License Express service after a thief obtained her license number from a DOL call center to access her account and order a duplicate ID.
- The suspect used the fraudulent identification to finance a $24,000 Jaguar before being caught, leading to a guilty plea and a prison sentence.
- The victim claims a security “backdoor” at the DOL allows criminals to bypass protections, stating her protein shake subscriptions have better security than the state agency.
SNOHOMISH, Wash. – What would you do if someone stole your identity and bought a Jaguar?
A Snohomish woman told FOX 13 News it happened to her, and said a fraudulent ID ordered through the Washington State Department of Licensing helped the thief pull it off.
Now, she has a warning to everyone who uses the online License Express service: don’t.…