Melissa Moorman, a former Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) clerk, has filed a lawsuit against her former employers, alleging that she was fired after reporting on coworkers selling driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
“I was angry, hurt, and depressed,” Moorman told WDRB News. “I did the right thing. I told the truth. I should not have been fired.”
Her attorneys claimed that she became aware of the crime after being invited to participate. She told WDRB News that for more than two years, these colleagues would sell licenses for $200 each to individuals, around four to five times a day. According to Moorman, most of these individuals were illegal immigrants.
“The employees were being paid under the table,” Moorman told WDRB News. “I immediately let my supervisor know about it.”
According to court records obtained by Fox News Digital, Moorman found in 2024 that two colleagues at the Department of Vehicle Regulation were selling documents to “nonresidents” without required immigration screening or testing.
After she reported the incident, her coworkers were sacked, and a federal investigation against KYTC began.
However, Moorman said that she was unintentionally drawn into the scam when two coworkers started using her computer login, which her supervisor requested she share because not all staff had theirs, and at the time, she was undergoing supervisory training.
“I was asked to bring certain customers in,” Moorman said. “They are brought in to me without a sign-in, and you would scan their documents as usual.”
According to Moorman, the documents—which included birth certificates and social security cards—were forged to appear real and were used to provide licenses and permits to undocumented immigrants who had never taken the tests.
Moorman claimed that in October 2024, she and her supervisor sent a letter notifying KYTC of the scheme. She claimed the fraud was carried out by bypassing Homeland Security background checks, which she discovered when transactions occurred in her name while she was gone from her desk.
After discovering that those employees were using her login passwords and information without her knowledge at the time, Moorman allegedly met with federal officials in January.
According to Moorman’s attorneys, KYTC fired Moorman on the day of her interview, but maintained her supervisor even in light of the “mismanagement, fraud, abuse of authority, and violations of law and statute in which he engaged that Moorman disclosed and reported.”
Moorman filed the case in April, alleging that KYTC violated the Kentucky Whistleblower Act, which protects public whistleblowers who report corruption. She has requested for the reinstatement of her job and benefits, as well as back pay.
Moorman’s attorney, Garry Adams, told Fox News Digital, “It is tragic that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet chose to terminate the person that uncovered the fact that hundreds, perhaps thousands of undocumented people were provided Kentucky driver’s licenses that they were not qualified to receive. The scheme that Melissa Moorman uncovered was putting all Kentuckians that operate or ride in motor vehicles in danger, and she should have been rewarded for her disclosure rather than terminated for it.”
He continued, “This type of behavior where local, state and even federal governments seem to favor sweeping big problems under the rug, rather than disclosing it, addressing it and fixing it has got to stop.”
KYTC released a statement to Fox News Digital confirming that it had “identified a number of irregularities and revoked 1,985 credentials” and terminated all employees involved, but offered no updates.
“This is an ongoing criminal investigation with numerous state and federal agencies participating, including Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky Attorney General, U.S. Attorneys and others. We have been asked not to share documents or certain information so as not to compromise the investigation,” the statement read. “KYTC has turned over all requested information to law enforcement, who are investigating the facts, and further questions should be directed there.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman stated that the findings revealed “troubling and unacceptable conduct,” and that they have been “aggressively investigating this potential fraud for some time now” with federal authorities.
According to Kentucky law, non-citizens of the United States are only permitted to receive ordinary driver’s licenses if they can produce legitimate immigration documents and proof of residency. Presenting fake documentation about immigration status may result in prosecution.
In April, Gov. Andy Beshear admitted in an interview with WDRB that there was an ongoing fraud investigation related to driver’s licensing in Kentucky, but when asked if it had anything to do with immigration, he said he wasn’t “aware.”….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
