Crime & Safety

University of Georgia Students Charged in Fake ID Ring

The false driver's licenses were manufactured in a UGA dorm room, according to reports.

Three University of Georgia students have been charged in a fake ID ring, The Athens Banner-Herald reports.

The newspaper says investigators took out 56 warrants charging one student as the ringleader and two others as distributors. Tom Lennart Larsson, 20 and Zain Haider Abidi, 18 are facing felony charges of manufacturing and distributing fake IDs.

In a separate case, two students, one from UGA and the other enrolled at in Watkinsville, are believed to be the ringleaders of a group that distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students.

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That group, which has been under investigation since August 2011, allegedly charged up to $100 for counterfeit driver’s licenses from several states that college students used to get into bars.

No charges have been filed yet in that case, the Banner-Herald reports.

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