BOSTON – A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently obtain driver’s licenses for ineligible applicants, primarily undocumented immigrants.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 28-yar-old Cesar Agusto Martin Reis of Waterbury admitted to one count of conspiracy to unlawfully produce and possess identification documents with intent to transfer and one count of possession with intent to use or transfer unlawful identification documents. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman set sentencing for September 10, 2025. Reis was charged in December 2024 alongside four co-conspirators.
From November 2020 to September 2024, Reis and his alleged co-conspirators orchestrated a scheme to secure driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants who lived in states where they were ineligible for licenses. Before July 2023, Massachusetts prohibited undocumented immigrants from obtaining driver’s licenses, while New York allowed it starting in 2019. The group fraudulently obtained New York licenses for non-residents, including Massachusetts residents, and after July 2023, Massachusetts licenses for out-of-state undocumented immigrants. They charged approximately $1,400 per customer…