Feds Question History of Central Figure In Alleged RMV ID Scheme

Feds Question History of Central Figure In Alleged RMV ID Scheme

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles clerk, named in the 2015 anonymous tip that eventually led to her and three coworkers being nabbed this week and charged with running an identity theft racket tailored to illegal aliens, has also drawn the ire of federal investigators for apparently fibbing about the frequency of her visits to her native Dominican Republic.

Court documents note that Evelyn Medina, 56, of Jamaica Plain, appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston on Thursday afternoon for a status conference hearing and was questioned about the discrepancies in not just her travels, but also her date of birth.

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