Standing in the yard of his Modesto trucking school Thursday morning, Turlock resident Kulwinder Singh Dosanjh choked up as he talked about the criminal mistake that has him facing possible prison time.
“I’m sorry. ... I shouldn’t have done it, it ruined my life,” the 58-year-old owner of Mid California Truck School said, referring to his role in helping a driver illegally obtain a commercial trucking license in 2013.
In federal court in Sacramento on Tuesday, Dosanjh pleaded guilty to that crime – specifically to conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud. He faces up to five years in prison.
His plea is part of a case in which at least 100 California commercial truck drivers did not take or did not pass the tests required for their licenses, which were sold by Department of Motor Vehicles employees to operators of truck-driving schools for as much as $5,000, according to papers filed by prosecutors.
The DMV has revoked or canceled 602 commercial licenses that could be linked to the fraud, including the 100 that were pinpointed by investigators, said Frank Alvarez, the DMV’s chief investigator.
“I’m sorry. ... I shouldn’t have done it, it ruined my life,” the 58-year-old owner of Mid California Truck School said, referring to his role in helping a driver illegally obtain a commercial trucking license in 2013.
In federal court in Sacramento on Tuesday, Dosanjh pleaded guilty to that crime – specifically to conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud. He faces up to five years in prison.
His plea is part of a case in which at least 100 California commercial truck drivers did not take or did not pass the tests required for their licenses, which were sold by Department of Motor Vehicles employees to operators of truck-driving schools for as much as $5,000, according to papers filed by prosecutors.
The DMV has revoked or canceled 602 commercial licenses that could be linked to the fraud, including the 100 that were pinpointed by investigators, said Frank Alvarez, the DMV’s chief investigator.
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