Commercial License Fraud at Manhattan DMV

A scheme at the Manhattan DMV has resulted in eight people currently being charged with fraud while more are being investigated. The scheme involved commercial license test takers paying up to $2,500 to a small group of security guards at the DMV who helped them fake their test results. According to New York City authorities, more than 100 commercial drivers have been found to have gotten their licenses in this manner and it is suspected that at least 200 drivers are involved. Those drivers are now operating trucks and buses fraudulently.

Testing rooms were set up by the corrupt security guards in which applicants would either leave in order to have someone else complete their driving test or applicants would secretly be given the right answers to the test. The New York State Inspector General has said that all drivers who obtained licenses under the corrupt scheme would be taken off the road. A U.S. Attorney in the case has stated that the fraudulent scheme has allowed drivers who are unqualified to operate large trucks and buses which could pose a risk to the public. The scheme was conducted by three security guards along with eight others who collected the payoffs and helped the cheating drivers complete the tests. Those involved in the scheme will be prosecuted in federal court.

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