Las Vegas DMV services business owner arrested on forgery charges

A North Las Vegas antheral was arrested earlier this period connected charges that helium forged notary signatures connected conveyance rubric transactions astatine his conveyance registration business.

Andre Alonzo Chambers, 44, was taken into custody Dec. 16 by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles Compliance Enforcement officers with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

Chambers owns DMV ASAP successful Las Vegas, a licensed papers mentation work that conducts conveyance registration and rubric transfers with the DMV for customers.

DMV compliance enforcement officers were alerted aft an audit revealed suspicious concern transactions by DMV ASAP tied to utilizing constricted powerfulness of lawyer forms.

Chambers allegedly forged the signatures of licensed notaries nationalist to velocity up out-of-state rubric transfers for his customers, who weren’t alert that their documents were being falsified, the probe revealed.

Chambers was booked into the Clark County Detention Center connected 5 counts of forgery, a Category D felony. He faces 1 to 4 years successful prison, a good of up to $5,000 and restitution connected each charge, if convicted.

The DMV permits decently licensed third-party papers mentation services to behaviour a constricted scope of transactions for motorists who take not to spell done the DMV directly. Those third-party transactions are routinely audited by the DMV.

“The integrity of transactions conducted connected behalf of customers is paramount, whether they are processed internally by DMV oregon by those advertizing services for hire,” J.D. Decker, compliance enforcement part chief, said successful a statement. “DMV controls and audits let america to guarantee that these third-party services are conducted legally and that consumers are protected from fraudulent transactions.”

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