Getting a Maryland license proved a bit trickier, but agents were able to beat the system there on their third DMV visit. Six days later, the same agent went to another motor vehicle office with a new set of paperwork, making sure the birthdays matched. The clerk handed the paperwork back to the agent and “apologized for being unable to assist him,” according to the report. In Virginia, the first state tested, an undercover agent was at first turned away because the birth date on the fake birth certificate didn’t match the birthday associated with the fraudulent social security number. So the agents merely left the motor vehicle office, addressed the problems, and re-applied - often on the same day - with success. But the fake paperwork was never confiscated and law enforcement officials were never notified. In many of the eight locations, investigators were initially turned away by motor vehicle employees who initially spotted problems with the applicants’ documents.