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The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles announced Thursday that more than two dozen drivers have been stripped of their commercial driver’s licenses amid a federal investigation into a bribery scandal involving state police troopers.
The troopers are accused of giving “guaranteed passing scores” to failed commercial driver’s license applicants in exchange for kickbacks.
Troopers described some commercial driver's license applicants as “a mess,” “an idiot,” or “brain dead.” But they still passed them on tests in exchange for gifts, prosecutors say.
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.