- A whistleblower lawsuit claims multiple former employees with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet were paid under the table to issue fraudulent driver's licenses.
- Gov. Andy Beshear said an investigation has found nearly 2,000 fraudulent licenses have been revoked, with a criminal investigation ongoing.
- Beshear said some claims in the lawsuit are inaccurate. Lawsuits represent just one side of a case.
An explosive whistleblower lawsuit claiming at least two former Kentucky Transportation Cabinet employees were being paid under the table to provide driver's licenses and permits to buyers, regardless of immigration status, has drawn scrutiny from state lawmakers, with one pledging to take action on the first day of the 2026 legislative session.
The lawsuit, filed in April by former KYTC employee Melissa Moorman, alleges Moorman was required to share her log-in information with other employees during her more than two years working at a KYTC office in the Nia Center. Two of those employees are accused in the case of taking money from buyers and creating driver's licenses for them, without running proper screenings for their immigration status.
Moorman claims she was fired after reporting their conduct and meeting with federal investigators in January 2025, telling WDRB her coworkers were charging $200 per fraudulent license four or five times per day over the course of more than two years.
The two employees at the center of the lawsuit do not appear to have been criminally...
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