"A former Brockton driving school owner was sentenced to one day in prison for bribing the road test examiner to issue driver's licenses to people who either failed or did not complete road tests, federal prosecutors said. Carlos Cardosa, 72, was sentenced on Friday to time served, amounting to one day in prison, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley's office announced Monday. Cardosa will then serve six months of a two-year supervised release sentence in home incarceration, prosecutors said."
"Cardosa was accused of paying an employee at the Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles no less than $20,000 for between 100 and 300 applicants over a period of 18 months, from August 2019 to April 2021. "To put it plainly, Mr. Cardoso participated in a long-term public corruption scheme that endangered public safety by putting unqualified drivers on the road," prosecutors wrote in court documents."
"According to federal court documents, Cardosa and his "co-conspirator," the unnamed employee at the Brockton RMV, conspired "to enrich themselves personally." Cardosa was accused of accepting payments from people with learner's permits and paying cash bribes and kickbacks to the RMV employee who falsely recorded the test results, the indictment said."
Carlos Cardosa, 72, bribed an examiner at the Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles to obtain driver's licenses for applicants who failed or did not complete road tests. He pleaded guilty to honest services mail fraud and conspiracy and was sentenced to time served (one day), six months of home incarceration as part of supervised release, and a $5,500 fine. Prosecutors allege Cardosa paid the RMV employee at least $20,000 for between 100 and 300 applicants from August 2019 to April 2021. The scheme involved cash bribes and kickbacks that enriched conspirators and placed unqualified drivers on the road. Sentencing was reduced because of serious health problems from a 2022 assault.
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