Scalpers have been exploiting the high demand for Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) appointments in Miami-Dade County by hoarding free slots and reselling them for as much as $250 each.
These individuals or groups use tactics like bots and fake accounts to secure large numbers of appointments through the online booking system, then turn around and sell them to residents desperate to avoid long wait times.
The Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office, led by Dariel Fernandez, uncovered this network and is actively working to stop it. They’ve reported that the practice has been particularly rampant since the county took over driver’s license services from the state, with over 200 suspicious appointments flagged at a new downtown Miami location alone in its first few weeks.
Fernandez has made it clear that his office won’t honor appointments obtained through this kind of abuse and is pushing for a new ordinance to make selling DMV appointments illegal, potentially carrying a $500 fine or up to 60 days in jail. The ordinance has passed its first reading and is set to be finalized soon.
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