WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 23-year-old Waterbury man was arrested for his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar scheme to evade tolls and parking and traffic tickets, according to a release by the New York DOJ.
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Xavier Rodriguez Francisco was one of 11 people charged in New York. As part of the scheme, the suspects used dealer licenses in the states of New Jersey and Georgia to generate more than 100,000 temp tags, which were registered to addresses in southern New York.
The tags were sold at prices ranging from $50 to $250 per tag. Since in or around 2017, the tags have incurred at least approximately $11.8 million in unpaid parking and traffic tickets in New York City and at least $3.1 million in unpaid E-Z Pass tolls in New York state.
Temp tags issued by the suspects have been the subject of numerous complaints lodged with the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies, including by victims who have received bills for tolls and tickets that they did not incur. Additionally, temp tags issued by the suspects were involved in at least approximately 1,200 incidents reported to the NYPD, including at least six homicides, according to the release…