the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office (NCDAO) announced a 51-count indictment related to a CDL exam cheating scheme

3 New York State DMV employees, the sister of one of the employees, and three CDL permit applicants

for several months, Jamie Middleton wore disguises to take nine CDL exams in place of CDL applicants, and passed the test eight times dressed in baggy clothing, facemasks, construction jackets and fake facial hair when she approached DMV employees to gain access to the testing room, despite her appearance not matching the identification and DMV records for the applicants for whom she was posing.

The applicants then both went to different DMV locations in the following days to provide their paperwork and obtain their interim permits.

A ring of DMV employees working together manipulated the commercial driver’s license exam process, allowing no-show applicants to cheat the system and skip their tests – giving them CDL permits that they did not earn and were not qualified to hold,” said the DA, “This is now the second corruption scheme my office uncovered this year involving DMV employees"

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