Thousands of driver’s licenses belonging to Asian Texans were unknowingly sent by the Texas Department of Public Safety to an organized crime group in New York City.

On February 27, DPS Director Steve McCraw informed the Texas House Appropriations Committee that the unnamed Chinese gang had obtained 3,000 licenses with Asian names.

“We’re not happy at all, I can tell you that, one bit,” McCraw said during his testimony, per The Texas Tribune. “[Controls] should have been in place, and they never should have happened.”

Using the information on individuals with Asian family names in Texas gathered on the dark web, the fraudsters bypassed password security questions on the Texas.gov site and ordered duplicates of active licenses.

After being shipped by DPS, these duplicates were later sold to undocumented Chinese immigrants and used to commit fraud.

The number of victims has risen to 4,800 since McCraw’s testimony, per a DPS statement from press secretary Ericka Miller received by NBC News.

One of them is a 33-year-old senior consultant who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.

She lost approximately $50,000 through schemes using her stolen Texas driver’s license.

Fraudsters used it to obtain an eSIM card which gave them access to the victim’s phone data, including her mobile Chase bank app. They then downloaded multiple Chase credit cards and a debit card to the Apple Wallet app and proceeded to indulge in a shopping spree.

Luckily, the victim has been able to recover all funds and resolve all disputes through Chase and her insurance.

Yet the stress of the ordeal cannot be undone. As she told NBC News, over the course of just a few months she fielded dozens of notifications that Capital One credit cards had been opened in her name.

She also questioned the plight of other victims who might not have the same proficiency in English and technology to handle the array of issues associated with identity theft.

“[The state authorities] need to do more for the community,” she told NBC News. “Give resources to the community that’s affected.”

AAPI Data, which publishes statistics on the Asian-American community, estimates that approximately 34% of Texans of Asian descent struggle to communicate effectively in English.

DPS has been in contact with roughly 2,000 of those impacted by the scheme, per the statement provided to NBC News. A second round of notices will be sent to those who have not been in touch with the department. It will include links to view the text in languages other than English.

DPS admits to a security vulnerability in its system but has fallen short of calling it a “data breach,” as no hacking was involved.

It nonetheless “should never have happened,” McCraw told the Texas House committee in February, per The Texas Tribune.

As for the 33-year-old victim, she has been unable to suspend her Texas driver’s license since she is currently abroad and remains worried that her identity is still vulnerable to fraud.