
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — More than 30 people have been arrested during an ongoing investigation into a phony driver’s license scheme in suburban Kansas City.
Authorities said Thursday that unqualified applicants paid as much as $2,500 apiece for the licenses. Samantha Jo Moore is the only suspect who used to work for the Kansas Department of Revenue.
She’s jailed in Johnson County on 51 felonies, including official misconduct. Bond for the 28-year-old has been set at $250,000. Her public defender, Joseph Astrab, didn’t immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press.
The Kansas City Star reports that Moore is accused of taking bribes to supply licenses to dozens of people while working as a driver’s license examiner at the office in Mission. Kansas Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan called the case “disturbing.”