Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly and New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced on Oct. 9 a 51-count indictment against three New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (“ DMV ”) employees, the sister of one of the employees, and three commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants, including two Town of Hempstead employees, for engaging in a scheme to cheat on CDL exams and process permits for no-show CDL applicants.

Former DMV Supervisor Kanaisha Middleton, 33; Motor Vehicle Representative Tawanna Whitfield, 36; Motor Vehicle Representative Satoya Mitchell, 35; and Kanaisha Middleton’s sister, Jamie Middleton, 35, were arraigned on indictment charges of:

impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination (a D felony);

corrupting the government

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