{"id":14365,"date":"2025-03-20T21:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-miami-scalpers-had-the-hot-tickets-to-drivers-license-appointments\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:31:35","slug":"in-miami-scalpers-had-the-hot-tickets-to-drivers-license-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-miami-scalpers-had-the-hot-tickets-to-drivers-license-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"In Miami, Scalpers Had the Hot Tickets \u2026 to Driver\u2019s License Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Scalpers have been known to buy and resell hot tickets for big-name music acts or sporting events, like Taylor Swift concerts and the Super Bowl. In Florida, some were using the same tactics for a less glamorous pass: a driver\u2019s license appointment in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The county tax collector\u2019s office announced on Monday that it had \u201cuncovered a network of appointment scalpers\u201d profiting from access to motor vehicles offices by \u201choarding free appointments and reselling them for a profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe know who they are and how they operate,\u201d Dariel Fernandez, the Miami-Dade tax collector, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/mdctaxcollector.gov\/blog\/miami-dade-county-tax-collector-dariel-fernandez-takes-action-against-appointment-scalping-and-strengthens-community-services\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cWe will not accept any appointment obtained through system abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The scalpers found so far have not been punished, because the practice was not illegal, but there is already an effort to change that and make it a civil offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As for the questionable appointments, a statement from the tax collector\u2019s office on Thursday said that it was \u201ctrying to cancel all appointments that have been flagged from a potential scalper but it is a complicated process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The practice has not been limited to Miami-Dade County. In 2023, the Hillsborough County tax collector\u2019s office in Tampa, Fla., <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hillstax.org\/news\/battling-appointment-fraud-hillsborough-county-tax-collectors-office-warns-residents-of-third-parties-selling-driver-license-appointments-implements-new-appointment-scheduling-process\/#:~:text=TAMPA%2C%20Fla.%2C%20Monday%2C,appointments%20and%20reselling%20them%20to\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced changes to its operations<\/a> after discovering that scammers had booked appointments for driver\u2019s licenses and then tried to resell the time slots to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The suspicious activity in Miami-Dade was discovered this year after the tax collector\u2019s office began to take the processing of driver\u2019s licenses from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, as had been approved under a constitutional amendment. During the transition, new software and security protocols were adopted in at least two locations in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The software uncovered data revealing that at least 200 appointments had been booked through scalpers, which led the office to further investigate. The scalpers booked the appointments by using bots and fake accounts, and then resold the appointments for $25 to $250, the office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The investigation is continuing, but the tax collector\u2019s office said that local driving schools had been involved in taking some appointment slots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are nine driver\u2019s license offices in Miami-Dade County that serve nearly three million residents seeking new driver\u2019s licenses, renewals or identification cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Residents have been forced to book their appointments online weeks or months away, only to stand in lines that often wind out the office doors when they arrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That was the scene on Thursday afternoon at one driver\u2019s license office in a bustling shopping plaza in northwest Miami, where people stood outside waiting for their names to be called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of them was Esmeralda Miranda, 19, who had booked an online appointment for her driver\u2019s license exam in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s right for them\u201d to hoard the appointments, she said, adding \u201cbecause everyone can, like book the appointment for themselves. I feel like it\u2019s wrong for them to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Standing a few spots away from her, Alain Garcia and his wife, Katherine Moran, agreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s not right,\u201d said Mr. Garcia, who was accompanying his wife as she waited to take her exam. They had also booked her appointment online, in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTired, too much waiting,\u201d he said restlessly after waiting more than an hour. Others waiting in line spilled out to another sidewalk in the parking lot, where they stood under the sweltering sun. Yet some others sat in their air-conditioned cars, parked just outside the office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Moran blamed the area\u2019s large population for the rise of the scalpers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s too much volume, too many people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The practice of buying and reselling the appointments is not in itself illegal, according to the tax collector\u2019s office, which added that it would work with county officials and law enforcement \u201cto put an end\u201d to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Commissioner Kevin Cabrera of Miami-Dade County has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/govaction\/matter.asp?matter=250625&amp;file=true&amp;fileAnalysis=false&amp;yearFolder=Y2025\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">introduced legislation<\/a> that would make the sale of public service appointments, such as those for driver\u2019s licenses, a civil offense punishable by a fine of $500 per violation. The ordinance will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners on April 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Alain Delaqu\u00e9ri\u00e8re<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/20\/us\/miami-dmv-appointment-scalpers.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scalpers have been known to buy and 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