DELRAY BEACH — In the end, prosecutors say, it was sloppiness and vanity as much as anything that tripped up state examiners who investigators believe took perhaps millions in bribes to issue driver licenses to at least 1,500 illegal immigrants.

Ten people - four examiners at the license office in Delray Beach and six others who conspired to recruit them - have been or soon will be arrested, including two examiners who were charged when the ring was broken in May and who now face new conspiracy counts, the Palm Beach County State Attorney's office said.

At least five were brought into court this morning for bond hearings.

Assistant State Attorney Alan Johnson, Palm Beach County's public corruption prosecutor, said the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is now working to invalidate the illicit licenses.

Examiners took fees ranging from $1,200 to $2,500 per license, witnesses told investigators.

An affidavit produced by the Florida Highway Patrol, which investigated the alleged conspiracy for the department, doesn't give the total take, but the math suggests more than $1 million and as much as several million dollars.

Investigators flagged 6,600 transactions that involved immigration forms and passports, reviewed three-fourths of those, and found 1,503 fake licenses had been issued.

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