Two area residents who work at the state Motor Vehicle Commission have been charged with official misconduct, bribery and identity theft for allegedly selling the confidential information of New Jersey drivers, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
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Sherilyn Rivera, 28, of Reeves Avenue in Hamilton and Johnny Semmon, 31, of Center Street in Trenton, have been suspended without pay from their jobs pending the outcome of the charges, state officials said.
Both are accused of providing the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of unsuspecting residents that they obtained through their employment.
They were charging as little as $200 per identity, prosecutors said.
Each faces a potential sentence of up to 10 years in state prison with a five-year period of parole ineligibility.
Two additional area residents were charged in connection with the scheme. Lee Daniel Roberts, 37, of Eaton Road, Bordentown, and Abdulah Sumo, 55, of Hinsdale Lane, Willingboro, are each charged with identity theft and trafficking in personal identifying information pertaining to another person. Each faces a potential sentence of up to 10 years in state prison with a five-year period of parole ineligibility.
Both men allegedly were selling the names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit history reports of victims obtained through their respective jobs.
Roberts is a tax preparer working out of an office on Heil Avenue in Trenton, and Sumo is employed by Imani Realty Co. in Willingboro, according to prosecutors.
The investigation was launched after prosecutors got a tip that Motor Vehicle employees were selling confidential information, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.
At the time of Sumo’s arrest, in June 2011, a search of his vehicle revealed documentation containing the personal identifying information of more than 60 individuals, she said.
Roberts remains in the Mercer County Correction Center in lieu of $50,000 bail. Both Rivera and Semmon are free on $50,000 bail. Sumo is free on $100,000 bail.
