Pair arrested for allegedly selling fake La. inspection stickers and temporary license plates Two people were arrested on Thursday, May 13, 2021, for allegedly selling fake Louisiana Motor Vehicle Inspection Stickers (MVI) and Louisiana Temporary License Plates via social media platforms. (Source: Louisiana State Police) By Josh Auzenne | May 13, 2021 at 3:40 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 4:05 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two women are facing charges for allegedly selling fake Louisiana Motor Vehicle Inspection Stickers (MVI) and Louisiana Temporary License Plates through social media accounts.
Louisiana State Police said Louvenia Allen, 30, of Baton Rouge, and Yakevia Hicks, 34, of New Orleans, were arrested on Thursday, May 13. They were both booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of forgery of a motor vehicle inspection certificate, computer fraud, and criminal conspiracy. No bond is set.
Two accused of selling fraudulent inspection stickers and temporary license plates on social media
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Two Louisiana residents have been arrested following an investigation into complaints of people selling fraudulent inspection stickers and temporary plates on Facebook.
State Police say that on April 29, 2021, they received numerous complaints from the public of an individual selling suspected fraudulent Louisiana Motor Vehicle Inspection Stickers (MVI) and Louisiana Temporary License Plates via Facebook Marketplace.
As a result of the investigation, LSP Detectives arrested 30-year-old Louvenia Allen of Baton Rouge and 34-year-old Yakevia Hicks of New Orleans.
An investigation revealed Allen and Hicks were selling fraudulent MVI Stickers and Louisiana Temporary License Plates on various social media outlets under the screen names âKellz Goatedâ and âBig Kellzâ.