路易斯维尔驾照诈骗案五人被联邦起诉：收费200至1500美元帮人免考试拿证
2026年2月4日，位于肯塔基州杰斐逊县路易斯维尔市的联邦大陪审团起诉五名路易斯维尔居民，指控他们以欺诈和洗钱手段，向合法居留美国的非美国公民收取费用，许诺帮其免于考试快速办下驾照。美国联邦检察官办公室肯塔基州西区宣布了这项起诉。
被起诉的五人是 Donnita Wilson（32岁）、Aariel Matthews（27岁）、Raul Tellez Ojeda（32岁）、Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas（37岁）与 Robert Danger Correa（41岁）。起诉书对五人提出14项邮件欺诈、1项邮件欺诈共谋、14项诚实服务邮件欺诈、1项诚实服务邮件欺诈共谋、14项非法制作身份证件文件与1项洗钱共谋指控。
起诉书称，被告设计并实施了一套收费骗局，向正在申办驾照的合法居留非美国公民收取200至1500美元的非法费用，许诺让他们跳过考试要求、加快办证。为此，部分同谋篡改了政府数据库中的信息，绕过申请流程中的关键步骤，向这些非美国公民发出了无效驾照。起诉书称，被告这样做是为牟取私利，辜负了肯塔基州交通厅对他们的信任。
肯塔基州西区联邦检察官 Kyle G. Bumgarner 说，这项起诉是一项调查的成果，该调查针对的是肯塔基州交通厅雇员等人非法绕过该州驾照发放流程的骗局，妥善审查申办驾照者，是保障肯塔基州道路安全与州发身份证件合法性的前提。
若罪名成立，被告每项邮件欺诈、邮件欺诈共谋、诚实服务邮件欺诈与洗钱罪名最高可判20年监禁，具体刑期由联邦地区法官在考虑量刑指南与其他法定因素后决定，联邦刑罚没有假释。此案由国税局刑事调查部门、肯塔基州警察、肯塔基州总检察长办公室与缉毒局调查，Owensboro 警察局协助，联邦助理检察官 Erin McKenzie 负责起诉。检察官办公室提醒，起诉书只是指控，五名被告在法庭上被证明有罪之前应被推定无罪。
Five Louisville Residents Indicted in Driver's License Fraud Scheme That Charged $200 to $1,500 to Skip Tests
On February 4, 2026, a federal grand jury in Louisville, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, indicted five Louisville residents on fraud and money laundering charges, accusing them of charging legally present non-U.S. citizens fees on the promise of expedited driver's licenses without testing. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky announced the indictment.
The five defendants are Donnita Wilson, 32; Aariel Matthews, 27; Raul Tellez Ojeda, 32; Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, 37; and Robert Danger Correa, 41. The indictment charges them with 14 counts of mail fraud, one count of mail fraud conspiracy, 14 counts of honest services mail fraud, one count of honest services mail fraud conspiracy, 14 counts of unlawful production of identification documents, and one count of money laundering conspiracy.
According to the indictment, the defendants devised and executed a scheme that solicited illegal fees of between $200 and $1,500 from legally present non-U.S. citizens applying for driver's licenses, on the promise that they would be expedited through the process without undergoing testing requirements. Certain conspirators allegedly altered information in government databases to bypass important steps in the application process and thereby issued invalid licenses. The indictment alleges the defendants perpetrated the scheme for their own financial gain and betrayed the trust placed in them by Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet.
U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner said the indictment is the culmination of an investigation into a scheme by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet employees and others to illegally circumvent Kentucky's process for issuing driver's licenses, and that proper vetting of individuals seeking a driver's license is a prerequisite to ensuring the safety of Kentucky's roadways and the legitimacy of state-issued identification.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of 20 years in prison for each count of mail fraud, mail fraud conspiracy, honest services mail fraud, and money laundering; a federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors, and there is no parole in the federal system. The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division, the Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case, with assistance from the Owensboro Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin McKenzie is prosecuting the case. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
来源：美国联邦检察官办公室肯塔基州西区
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