Four Massachusetts workers fired after granting 2,100 licenses without road test

Published February 16, 2022 7:47pm ET



Four employees with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles were fired Wednesday after the agency learned the employees were responsible for issuing 2,100 driver licenses without the drivers taking a road test at the Brockton Customer Service Center.

In a joint investigation with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the RMV, it was determined that since 2018, two test examiners gave the 2,100 drivers passing marks for completing a road test they never took. A probe into the licenses was launched in 2020 when the state’s Department of Transportation said it noticed suspicious behavior.

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