The clerk who allegedly issued the fake licenses died 13 months ago, just before he was charged, Palm Beach County's tax collector says.

GREENACRES — At least 25 people have been charged so far with being among at least 63 whom authorities say fraudulently obtained driver's licenses at the Lake Worth-area satellite office of the Palm Beach County Tax Collector without ever taking driving tests, or in some cases, any tests.

The Palm Beach Post, through research of jail and court records, independently uncovered people charged in the scam. All were residents of Palm Beach County except for one woman from Stuart, one from Broward County and another from Miami Beach.

The Florida Highway Patrol initially refused to say how many of the 63 have been charged, citing an open investigation. On Friday, it provided 23 dates and locations of arrests, but not names. It provided a list of names Wednesday.

The agency also will not say how many of the 63 fraudulently obtained licenses have since been revoked.

Florida Highway Patrol incident reports for those arrested all point to in-house facilitator Norman Giddings. He died 13 months ago, just days before he was to be criminally charged, according to Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon. Her office has been authorized to issue driver's licenses since about 2012.

The FHP reports do not say if investigators believe Giddings was paid for his role in the operation, except for one in which defendant Martina Cristina Perez Lee said she slipped $20 to Giddings at the counter; another, Dunieska Barzaga Sanchez, said she paid Giddings $400, and Zulma Veronica Lara Orellana told investigators she paid $450.

In February, the FHP arrested several people, both applicants and a clerk, in a similar operation at Gannon's Belle Glade office. In those cases, authorities allege, other people took tests for applicants who sat in the back seat.

Gannon has said for people who are undocumented, or otherwise ineligible, a fraudulently obtained driver's license is significant; people now have a government-issued identification card, which opens the door to other documents they can obtain.

She also blames the driver's-license racket on unscrupulous private driving schools in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. She has said the private schools are unregulated and has suggested the state consider operating the schools. She said schools in Florida are not regulated "and are very difficult to deal with." In fact, she said, she'd favor outlawing driving schools and perhaps setting up state-run schools.

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In alphabetical order, these are the people who have been charged, along with their current age, hometown, date of arrest, and date of allegedly fraudulently obtaining a driver's license:

— Jose Gustavo Guzman Alvarez, 28, Loxahatchee. Arrested on Feb. 20, 2019. Received license Nov. 27, 2017.

— Yuniersy Quintana Bello, 55, Palm Springs. Arrested on April 2, 2019. Received license Jan. 26, 2018.

— Ana Luisa Diaz Blanco, 45, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 20, 2018. Received license Jan. 12, 2018.

— Mirla Rodriguez Boffill, 48, suburban Palm Springs. Arrested on Feb. 8, 2019. Received license Dec. 14, 2017.

— Thomas Christopher Castillo, 26, Lake Worth Beach. Arrested on March 20, 2019. Received license Dec. 1, 2017.

— Clara Luz Perez Diaz, 57, West Palm Beach. Arrested on Aug. 27, 2018. Received license Jan. 24, 2018.

— Mirian Rapalo Enamorado, 47, Stuart. Arrested on Nov. 6, 2018. Received license Jan. 12, 2018.

— Antonia Velasquez Escalente, 36, West Palm Beach. Arrested on April 4, 2019. Received license Nov. 22, 2017.

— Annieliese de la Espinosa Gonzalez, 46, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Oct. 17, 2018. Received license Dec. 18, 2017.

— Zulma Veronica Lara Orellana, 41, Pompano Beach. Arrested on Nov. 29, 2018. Received license Nov. 21, 2017

— Martina Cristina Perez Lee, 54, Lake Worth Beach. Arrested on April 2, 2019. Received license Nov. 17, 2017.

— Lucia Teresa Hernandez Leon, 51, Miami Beach. Arrested on Nov. 5, 2018. Received license Jan. 3, 2018.

— Virgen Maria Lewis, 59, West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 16, 2018. Received license Jan. 12, 2018.

— Mercedes Barbara Santos Lopez, 65, Palm Springs. Arrested on March 21, 2019. Received license Nov. 22, 2017.

— Rogelia Vasquez Lopez, 47, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Jan. 28, 2019. Received license Dec. 18, 2017.

— Laura Dominga Morales, 22, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 30, 2018. Received license Aug. 22, 2017.

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— Anabel Mena Otano, 47, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 30, 2018. Received license Dec. 18, 2017.

— Miriam Rivera Rapalo, 24, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 6, 2018. Received license Jan. 12, 2018.

— Maricela Cruz Reyes, 56, suburban Lake Worth Beach. Arrested on Dec. 11, 2018. Received license Jan. 5, 2018.

— Sinsurys Garcia Rodriguez, 47, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on March 28, 2019. Received license Nov. 8, 2017.

— Brigida Rosario Sanchez, 57, suburban Palm Springs. Arrested on Dec. 11, 2018. Received license Jan. 22, 2018.

— Dunieska Barzaga Sanchez, 30, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Nov. 19, 2018. Received license Dec. 7, 2017.

— Dervarick Jawon Tyson, 30, Palm Springs. Arrested on March 13, 2019. Received license Nov. 9, 2017.

— Yanelkys Ereira Valle, 22, suburban West Palm Beach. Arrested on Feb. 4, 2019. Received license Dec. 1, 2017.

— Marino Sabino Vasquez, 70, suburban Greenacres. Arrested on Sept. 20, 2018. Received license Jan. 24, 2018.

Staff writer Olivia Hitchcock and staff researcher Melanie Mena contributed to this story.

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