A former statie has been discovered responsible on dozens of counts within the Industrial Driver’s License bribery scheme, whereas the jury discovered the ex-sergeant not responsible on some counts.
Stoughton man Gary Cederquist, 59, was dealing with quite a few federal prices in reference to a conspiracy to falsify information and provides passing scores to sure Industrial Driver’s License candidates, together with individuals who failed or didn’t take the CDL expertise check, in trade for bribes.
A jury on Friday discovered him responsible of 48 counts, whereas the jury discovered him not responsible on 9 counts.
He was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion, one depend of extortion, six counts of trustworthy companies mail fraud, three counts of conspiracy to falsify information, 19 counts of falsification of information, and 17 counts of false statements.
Cederquist was acquitted of 1 depend of conspiracy to commit extortion, two counts of extortion, three counts of falsification of information, and three counts of false statements.
“It is never a good day when a member of law enforcement is convicted of a crime, especially when it is a crime that compromises public safety,” U.S. Lawyer Leah Foley mentioned in an announcement. “Gary Cederquist selected bribery and extortion over his oath to guard the neighborhood which he was sworn to serve.
“His greed put the public at risk when he devised a scheme to issue commercial driver’s licenses to applicants who had never taken a real test to operate heavy commercial vehicles on the roads and highways of Massachusetts,” Foley added. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office has the utmost respect for law enforcement, but we will not stand idly by if they violate the law.”
