Washington DC traffic ticket

[infinite monkey]

My friend gets a ticket from Washington DC Dept of Motor Vehicles. It was from a traffic cam.

He's never been in DC. He and his wife didn't even know where DC was, until I showed them on the map. I looked up the citation and it's no car he ever owned. Believe me, nothing like a car he's ever owned.

How on earth does this happen? I've found quite a few articles about those controversial traffic cams...things being wrong with them and such, but nothing about getting someone else's ticket, identified as you, and sent to your home email address in Podunk OH.

They've already sent a letter that it's not them. I'm researching it for them as they have no computer access/skills.

Any advice on what to do next? Is there a way to track tag numbers?

It was funny because his wife was freaking out about "he never speeds! he doesn't have that tag number! He only had the Durango back then!"

I'm like "calm down...you're dwelling on these inconsequential details when all you gotta say it HE'S NEVER BEEN IN DC!"