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26 Mass. individuals have been identified as not properly passing the test to obtain commercial licenses, and have had their licenses downgraded accordingly.

More than two dozen commercial drivers have had their licenses downgraded in the wake of a scandal involving State Police troopers allegedly taking bribes in exchange for passing test scores, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles announced Friday. The RMV said it identified 26 people who didn’t pass the test properly and changed them to Class D passenger licenses. The drivers, who were not named, will have to take and pass all the required permit and skills tests if they want to ...

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles says it has downgraded the licenses of more than two dozen commercial drivers in the wake of a bribery scandal

REHOBOTH -- Two state troopers were suspended indefinitely without pay Wednesday after being charged along with a local man in an alleged scheme to issue commercial driver’s licenses to unqualified

The two active members of the Massachusetts State Police charged with trading commercial driver’s licenses for favors have been “suspended without pay indefinitely,” the agency has announced.

The charges involve commercial driver's license applicants being promised passing scores, federal officials say.

The troopers are accused of falsifying records and giving preferential treatment to at least 17 drivers.

Four Massachusetts state troopers, two current and two former, including one from Wareham,

From faulty inspection software to the issuance of passing grades on phantom driving tests, the RMV travels in the breakdown lane of public opinion. Though those professional and character lapses might be occasionally expected in a huge state bureaucracy, we didn’t see it coming – again – from members of the State Police.

BOSTON — Two current and two former State Police troopers conspired to fake commercial driver’s license test results to give passing scores to applicants who either failed or never took