Less than a year after Texas banned paper license plates to curb fraud, officials report criminals are now cloning legitimate metal plates, creating new detection challenges. The scheme has already ...

Fake license plates used to be a niche scam. Now they are a daily headache for cops, toll agencies, and anyone who happens to share the road with a “ghost car” that technically does not exist. As ...

Part one of this two-part story is in the player above. Part two of this report can be found below. Unscrupulous small car dealers are raking in millions, illegally selling Texas paper license plates ...

Texas officials replaced temporary paper license plates with permanent metal ones in an effort to curb widespread fraud, but law enforcement now says criminals have adapted quickly, making the ...

Since the beginning of July 2025, most Texas temporary paper license plates have been replaced by new metal plates with colored stripes to indicate their purpose. This was done to help prevent fraud ...