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HIGH POINT — A High Point woman and two others have been arrested on federal charges of distributing fake driver's licenses produced at her job at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Gee Annette Holloman, 48, faces federal charges of producing a false North Carolina driver's license, conspiracy to produce false documents and using a Social Security number not assigned by Social Security.

She was arrested at her residence Aug. 10, after being indicted by a Greensboro grand jury July 31. She was released on bond pending prosecution, authorities said.

The federal charges follow the arrests in April of Holloman and Timoteo Torres-Ulloa, identified as Holloman's husband, on state charges stemming from the same crimes.

At the time, Randolph County sheriff's officers said an undercover cocaine deal led to the arrests and the subsequent discovery of numerous state driver's licenses, birth certificates, U.S. passports, Social Security cards and similar documents at the house shared by Holloman and Torres-Ulloa in High Point.

According to a spokeswoman for the N.C. Department of Transportation, Holloman worked for the DMV from Nov. 22, 2003, through March 27, 2007.

She was stationed at the south Winston-Salem driver's license office but rotated to others, including offices in Kernersville, Mayodan, Reidsville and north Winston-Salem, according to the N.C. DOT.

According to the indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in Greensboro, Holloman conspired with others, including Cornelio Portuguez Alvarez and Torres-Ulloa, also known as Vincente Munoz Trujillo, to produce fake licenses that were sold to federal undercover officers in March 2007.

In January, Alvarez offered to obtain for one officer a Social Security card, birth certificate, proof of insurance and North Carolina driver's license for $3,500, according to the indictment.

In March, that agent first gave Alvarez $300, then the remaining $3,200, according to the indictment. A second agent paid Torres-Ulloa $3,300 in cash for similar services, the indictment said.

Each agent was given a piece of paper with fake names and Social Security numbers, according to the indictment.

Then, on March 16, Holloman issued licenses in those names to the agents at a DMV office in Rockingham County.

Later that month, Torres-Ulloa provided the first undercover agent with a birth certificate from Puerto Rico and a Social Security card bearing a false name, the indictment said.

Alvarez also faces federal drug charges of distributing 56.7 grams of cocaine in Randolph County in January 2007.

The investigation was launched by the Social Security Administration's Office of Investigations after receiving a request for assistance from the Secret Service and the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement.

Contact Tom Steadman at 883-4422, Ext. 228, or tsteadman@news-record.com