A Jamestown, N.Y. couple, Erik Anderson and Amanda Griffin, became victims of systemic license plate fraud after legally surrendering their old plates to the DMV. For over a year, they were wrongly pursued for over $9,200 in tolls, parking tickets, and speeding violations accrued by criminals using a counterfeit plate with their old number on multiple vehicles in the New York City area. Despite having proof the plates were destroyed, the automated enforcement system buried them in debt and legal threats, impacting their credit and causing immense stress. The bureaucratic process failed to provide a remedy, requiring intervention from a local news outlet to get various city and state agencies to investigate the fraud. Only after this media pressure were the fraudulent charges, fees, and legal judgments against the couple finally dismissed, highlighting a critical failure of due process in automated policing.