Three Baton Rouge, La., men were arrested and charged with making and selling fake automobile insurance cards and inspection stickers, according to the Louisiana State Police. Investigating a complaint regarding a fraudulent insurance identification card purchased in 2004 from Daniel Sanders, the LSP Insurance Fraud Unit located multiple individuals who had purchased fraudulent insurance ID cards and fraudulent Motor Vehicle Inspection stickers from Sanders.
Troopers arrested Sanders at his residence in the Red Stick Trailer Park in Baton Rouge after he admitted he was selling the fraudulent cards and MVI stickers. At that time troopers also noticed several vehicles in the near vicinity bearing fraudulent MVI stickers.
The fraud unit discovered that Lee Hawkins III of Baton Rouge was supplying the forged MVI stickers and Lajunar Raynell Gauff of Baton Rouge was supplying the fraudulent insurance cards to Sanders. On Aug. 5, 2005, state police conducted search warrants at the residences and businesses of Hawkins and Gauff.
Gauff was arrested on seven counts of forgery and one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Hawkins was arrested on 16 counts of forgery.
According to the Associated Press, Sanders sold the inspection stickers for $20, while the insurance cards were going for at least $80.
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