JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two former Duval County Clerk of Courts employees arrested on charges of fraud, bribery, tampering with evidence and falsifying documents made their first appearance in court Thursday.
Shayla Odol and Kristalle Vance are accused of selling driver's license reinstatement forms to more than 20 people. Clerk of Courts Jim Fuller said they were fired Thursday morning.
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Fuller said that Odol and Vance hacked into the office's computer system and falsely printed the forms. He said they took the forms out on the street to sell.
According to police reports, police made contact with a woman whose license was suspended. Police said that woman talked with her cousin, who said she knew someone at the clerk's office who could help her.
According to the reports, police recorded a phone conversation between Odol and the cousin in which they discussed getting four license reinstatements for $1,600.
The cousin eventually wore a recording device to a meeting with Vance behind the courthouse, where Vance gave the cousin the licenses, according to the police reports.
The cousin is listed as a co-defendant in the reports but has not been arrested.
Fuller said the women would print D-6 forms, which are used for drivers with suspended licenses to get their licenses back. Fuller said the employees would sell the forms on the black market to people who could bypass traffic school and fines and start driving again.
"As of today you won't be able to do that anymore," Fuller said. "We're going to clear everything. We're not printing forms anymore."
Fuller said the system is being converted to all electronic, so this type of scam can't happen again. He said the drivers never ended up with their new, illegal licenses, and the taxpayers didn't lose any money. But Fuller said the more than 20 people involved in this scheme did lose a lot of cash.
"The only damage is if you paid $1,600 to get your license reinstated," Fuller said. "It's not reinstated, and I'm sure there's people out on street this morning who are not very happy."
Both employees were arrested Wednesday at their office. Odol is also listed as a methadone user, according to the arrest report.
Both women are being held in the Duval County Jail with bail set at $200,000 and are scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 24.
Fuller said the people who bought the forms could also face charges.