A trio of New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) motor vehicle representatives, a DMV employee’s sister and three applicants, including two Town of Hempstead employees, were indicted for allegedly engaging in a scheme to cheat on commercial driver’s license (CDL) exams and process permits for no-show applicants.
Former DMV Supervisor Kanaisha Middleton, 33; Motor Vehicle Representative Tawanna Whitfield, 36; Motor Vehicle Representative Satoya Mitchell, 35; and Kanaisha Middleton’s sister, Jamie Middleton, 35, were arraigned on indictment charges of:
- impairing the Integrity of a Government Licensing Examination (a Class D felony)
- corrupting the Government in the Fourth Degree (a Class E felony)
- tampering with Public Records in the First Degree (a Class D felony)
- falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (a Class E felony)
- falsifying Business Records in the Second Degree (a Class A misdemeanor)
CDL permit applicants James Nurse, 42; Omesh Mohan, 42; and Rene Sarduy, 44, were also charged in the indictment with Tampering with Public Records in the First Degree and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree.
Mitchell, Whitfield, Nurse, and Jamie Middleton surrendered to Nassau County District Attorney’s Detective Investigators and were arraigned on October 1, 2025. They were released on their own recognizance and are each due back in court on November 6, 2025…