A Long Beach woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years’ probation, including six months of home detention, for her role in a scheme to sell phony driver’s licenses out of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Tracey Jones, 35, who worked as a field representative in the agency’s El Monte office, pleaded guilty last year to federal charges of illegally producing ID documents. From July 2012 through August 2013, Jones helped produce phony driver’s licenses by entering bogus information into the DMV system.
Jones altered records to make sure applicants passed written, vision or driving tests they either failed or didn’t take, according to her plea agreement.
Co-defendant Jose Cruz, 52, was sentenced in November to nearly three years in federal prison for his role in the scam. The Corona man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce illegal ID documents and identity theft.
Cruz acknowledged that he and other conspirators obtained genuine Social Security numbers of Puerto Rican residents to be sold to people wishing to obtain state identification cards and driver’s licenses.
Three other defendants are awaiting trial in May and one defendant is a fugitive, said Thom Mrozek, the public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.