Prosecutors say three New York State Department of Motor Vehicles examiners schemed with a driving school to help people get licenses without ever taking the proper tests, pocketing thousands of dollars in cash along the way.
Here’s what is alleged
Detectives say the T&E Driving School on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens charged people $1,600 to $2,000 each to falsify driving exams. Investigators say the school’s owner worked with three DMV examiners and a substitute driver who posed as other people to take tests.
Prosecutors say the scheme may have allowed hundreds if not thousands of people to get licenses.
“Countless individuals are now driving on our roads without ever having demonstrated the basic skills to do it safely,” Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon said.
How the case was cracked
The school is in Queens, but McMahon said the scheme involved several testing locations on Staten Island…