As Many As 500 New York Applicants Passed CDL Examination As a Result of Cheating Scheme
Recently, three individuals pled guilty to charges arising out of a scheme to help applicants cheat on the written portion of their commercial driver’s license (“CDL”) examination. An investigation by the U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General, in conjunction with other federal and state law enforcement agencies, revealed fraudulent CDL test-taking activities at five New York State Department of Motor Vehicles test centers in the New York City area.
According to reports, the scheme involved the use of pencils encoded with test answers, the use of Bluetooth headsets to communicate test answers and the use of an external test-taker positioned nearby to take the exams.
As a result of the scheme, as many as 500 unqualified CDL applicants passed the examination and, presumably, are now on our roadways.