Licensing Fraud
Trucking companies should be held liable for hiring drivers with fraudulent licenses
Thousands of untrained and unskilled commercial truck drivers are on interstates
after getting fraudulent commercial licenses, according to government investigators.
So far, fraudulent licensing schemes have been uncovered in 24 states, and there
are 21 on-going investigations in 13 other states, according to the Department of
Transportation.
The schemes normally involve third parties offering to provide fraudulent documentation
for money, and many target immigrants, officials say. "As a result, unskilled
drivers could be operating commercial vehicles on the nation's highways, creating
significant risks for death, injury and property damage," said a report last
February from the U.S. Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General.
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