Office of The Attorney General - Anne Milgram, Attorney General Division of Criminal Justice - Deborah L. Gramiccioni, Director Cumberland County Man Sentenced to State Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining New Jersey Driver’s License TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced that a Cumberland County man was sentenced to prison today for using fraudulent documentation to obtain a New Jersey digital driver’s license. According to Director Gramiccioni, Tyrone T. Gillis, 54, of Bridgeton, was sentenced to five years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury Jr. in Atlantic County. Gillis pleaded guilty on Nov. 17 to conspiracy to commit document fraud, a charge contained in a Sept. 10, 2008 state grand jury indictment. Gillis admitted that in February 2008, he fraudulently obtained a New Jersey digital driver’s license in the name of Alphonso Brown, 47, of Bridgeton, using Brown’s identifying documents. Gillis admitted that on Feb. 15, he took the written driver’s test using Brown’s identity at the Cardiff Motor Vehicle Agency in Little Egg Harbor Township. Gillis failed the test, but he re-took it on Feb. 22 at the same agency and passed, again using Brown’s identity. The fraud was discovered when Brown entered the Bridgeton Motor Vehicle Agency on Feb. 28 to add a motorcycle permit to his driver’s license. An MVC clerk noticed that Brown was not the man whose photo was in the system under his name. The photo was of Gillis. The clerk notified her manager who alerted the MVC Security and Investigations Unit. The MVC referred the matter to the Division of Criminal Justice for further investigation. The indictment alleges that Brown knew and consented to Gillis obtaining a license using his identity. Brown is charged in the indictment with second-degree conspiracy, second-degree use of the personal identifying information of another, and third-degree tampering with public records or information. The charges against Brown are pending. They are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Detective Richard Loufik and Deputy Attorney General Valerie Noto conducted and coordinated the investigation. Noto represented the Division of Criminal Justice at the sentencing. Attorney General Milgram thanked the Motor Vehicle Commission for its assistance in the investigation. # # #
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:02:24 +0000
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