Ever since an illegal alien holding a Commercial Driver’s License, or CDL, in Florida caused a deadly crash as he made an unauthorized U-turn in an 18-wheeler earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and others have called for a stricter and safer system, especially focusing on the English-language proficiency requirement.
Now, also out of Florida, we know how people like Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living unlawfully in the U.S. who failed his English test miserably but still managed to get a license, may have passed the reading test to receive their CDL – by cheating.
According to First Coast News, an elaborate cheating system among potential truck drivers in Jacksonville has been uncovered, with five men being arrested.
Reports the TV station, “Investigators say people have been rigging their way into commercial driver’s licenses, putting everyone on Florida highways at risk.”
The scheme involves the non-English-speaking test taker wearing a T-shirt with a small hole in the front. Under the shirt, a cellphone is strapped to the chest so the camera can “see” out the hole.
As the test is taken, the “brains” of the operation can see the test off site and relay the correct answers to the man via an earpiece.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the scheme was highly organized. Investigators identified multiple addresses in Jacksonville where dozens of men were registered as applicants, even though the homes were far too small to actually house them all.
Also, some of the arrested men requested interpreters because they could not speak or read English, including Ukrainian and other foreign languages.
Law enforcement praised the DMV employees at the testing locations for reporting suspicious behavior when the men wiggled in their chairs to position the iPhone cameras.
Singh is charged in Florida with three count of vehicular homicide.
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