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Officials to Review All 124,488 CDLs in Colorado

DENVER — Colorado will check all 124,488 commercial driver's licenses in the state to see whether fraudulent information was used to obtain them, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Revenue told Land Line magazine on January 26.

by Staff
February 1, 2005
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DENVER — Colorado will check all 124,488 commercial driver’s licenses in the state to see whether fraudulent information was used to obtain them, a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Revenue told Land Line magazine on January 26. The announcement that the state would undertake the check – which was ordered by Michael Cooke, executive director of the department – came after a series of reports in The Denver Post. The newspaper reported Jan. 25 that Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles had revoked the licenses of more than 200 truck drivers and other CDL holders because the division suspected they were obtained with false information. The Department of Revenue, which includes the motor vehicle department, was already under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the federal Department of Transportation after suspicions were raised that state employees were illegally selling driver’s licenses, the newspaper said. The scandal continued to build Jan. 26, when the newspaper reported that 27 people who illegally obtained licenses through a Colorado truck driving school were responsible for 200 “serious” traffic and regulatory violations, as well as 26 accidents. Diane Reimer, a public information officer with the Department of Revenue, said no timetable had yet been established for the checks. The check started with 250 letters sent out to CDL holders who received their licenses through two people who allegedly provided the documents to people using fraudulent information. Some CDLs were allegedly sold for up to $2,500, The Post reported. Reimer said that in those letters, the state told the CDL holders involved that their licenses and driving privileges were immediately revoked, and that they needed to contact state officials immediately and provide evidence that their information is correct. Some people who received the letters have already contacted the state, and some were able to clear up incorrect information and obtain new CDLs. “There are some cases where a number might be transposed, and some simple things like that that can be corrected,” she said. Reimer also stressed that many of the licenses issued by the two examiners were legitimate licenses issued to qualified drivers. And the state does not suspect that any other examiners had issued false licenses. But nonetheless, state officials felt compelled to undergo a more thorough check. Reimer said the state also wanted to assure drivers who received their CDLs using correct information that their ability to drive is not in danger. If their licenses are revoked, state officials will reissued the license “in a heartbeat” once correct information is provided. A similar scandal in Illinois led the charges against – and convictions of – more than 60 people. The charges include former Gov. George Ryan, who is now awaiting trial. That investigation, dubbed “Operation Safe Road,” initially focused on bribes exchanged for CDLs for unqualified truck drivers at the McCook CDL facility. The federal probe was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the 1990s.

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