#Cops catch three fake license plates in 30 mins on RFK Bridge

MTA cops foiled three drivers in the span of just 30 minutes last week when the fraudsters tried to use fake temporary license plates to evade the toll on the RFK Bridge, officials said.

Bridge officers thwarted the first failed attempt — a fake temporary plate claiming to be registered in New Jersey — at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.

The cops then spotted a fake Texas plate just 10 minutes later, followed by a second fake New Jersey plate at 9:50 p.m.

All three motorists are New York residents, the MTA said, and face misdemeanor charges with a potential sentence of up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.

Law enforcement sources said crooked drivers routinely attempt to evade tolls using falsified temporary plates, which can be fabricated using a home or office printer.

Fake New Jersey and Texas plates are especially common in New York, sources said.

Wednesday’s arrest were part of a “targeted initiative” that relied on “intelligence and review of fraudulent use patterns of travel,” the MTA said.

“Use of fraudulent license plates is a crime that equates to lost revenue for the MTA and is unfair to law-abiding motorists,” MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Daniel F. DeCrescenzo Jr. said in a statement.

“We have the staff and technology to identify and apprehend these individuals, as we have with these arrests.”