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Feds Charge Fraud Temp Tag Dealers ID’d in Streetsblog’s ‘Ghost Plate’ Series
Eleven fraudulent car dealers — including several who were identified in Streetsblog's award-winning 2023 investigation — sold more than 100,000 fake temporary tags, robbing taxpayers of about $15 million and turning those vehicles into "ghost cars" that were involved in at least six homicides, federal prosecutors said this week.
May 22, 2026
‘Rate Evaders’: Auto Insurance Address Fraud Soars Under Hochul’s Watch
The cost of New York drivers who fraudulently register their cars to false addresses has soared to more than $50 million per year.
April 21, 2026
MTA Demands Albany Deal With Toll Evasion Already
A new analysis of toll evasion found that the amount of money owed by drivers who don't pay paper toll invoices has more than doubled since 2022, from $147 million in unpaid tolls to nearly $350 million.
March 12, 2026
Tuesday’s Headlines: Show Me Your Plate Edition
The city tightened its rules targeting drivers who block their license plates. Plus more news.
March 18, 2025
‘Fantasy’ Tabloid: MTA Slams ‘Egregious and Misleading’ Post Story — But Then Admits Rise In Toll Evasion
The MTA lost $240 million to un-billed and unpaid tolls in 2023 — a big number, but not as big as a "particularly egregious and misleading" story in The Post claimed, officials said.
January 27, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: No Excuses Edition
New Jersey is finally making it harder to get fake temp tags. Plus other news.
August 12, 2024
Criminal Mischief? Man Arrested for Removing Plate Cover on Secret Service SUV Protecting Kamala Harris’s Step-Daughter Ella Emhoff
The NYPD arrested a man and charged him with "criminal mischief" after he allegedly tampered with a covered license plate affixed to a Secret Service vehicle.
July 31, 2024
Con Edison Cons Its Way Out of Paying Traffic Tickets
The massive energy company is bilking the city of tens of thousands of dollars in potential camera-issued traffic violations by obscuring its trucks’ license plates.
March 1, 2024
Hey, Check Out the Cool (And Fake!) Plates You Can Order With A Few Mouse Clicks
Paper temp tags are so last year. You can get real metal plates — untraceable ones — all over the internet.
January 30, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief in the News Edition
More on defaced license plates, congestion pricing and, yes, some more snow in today's media digest.
January 19, 2024
