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Six people have been charged in connection with a bribery scheme that allowed drivers to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) without undergoing the required training or testing.
According to an August 28, 2025, indictment, restaurant owner Mahmoud Alhattab bribed two Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) employees and two truck driver training business operators as part of a scheme that allowed CDL applicants to bypass the knowledge testing, entry-level driver training, and skills testing portions of the CDL qualification process.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, OMV workers Jenay Davis and Shakira Millien completed knowledge tests for CDL applicants in exchange for payments from Alhattab, and “performed internet searches to find the answers.”
Additionally, officials allege that Christopher Bryan Burns and Jonathan Parsons, who operated truck driver training businesses, took bribes from Alhattab in exchange for reporting in a federal database that the CDL applicants successfully completed training “when, in truth, the applicants did not train.”
Burns and Parsons are also accused of falsely reporting to the State of Louisiana that applicants had passed the skills test when, in truth, the applicants did not take the test.
Authorities further allege that Parsons paid skills test examiner Marline Roberts of “creating phony score sheets to corroborate the false test reports.”
All six defendants are jointly charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. Alhattab and Parsons have been charged with two counts of honest services wire fraud. Burns, Davis, and Roberts are each charged with one count of honest services wire fraud. Alhattab, Millien, and Parsons are charged with four counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Burns, Davis, and Roberts are charged with one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
The conspiracy and wire fraud counts are each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The bribery counts are each punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Transportation – Office of Inspector General.
By
Ashley
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September 2, 2025
According to an August 28, 2025, indictment, restaurant owner Mahmoud Alhattab bribed two Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) employees and two truck driver training business operators as part of a scheme that allowed CDL applicants to bypass the knowledge testing, entry-level driver training, and skills testing portions of the CDL qualification process.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, OMV workers Jenay Davis and Shakira Millien completed knowledge tests for CDL applicants in exchange for payments from Alhattab, and “performed internet searches to find the answers.”
Additionally, officials allege that Christopher Bryan Burns and Jonathan Parsons, who operated truck driver training businesses, took bribes from Alhattab in exchange for reporting in a federal database that the CDL applicants successfully completed training “when, in truth, the applicants did not train.”
Burns and Parsons are also accused of falsely reporting to the State of Louisiana that applicants had passed the skills test when, in truth, the applicants did not take the test.
Authorities further allege that Parsons paid skills test examiner Marline Roberts of “creating phony score sheets to corroborate the false test reports.”
All six defendants are jointly charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. Alhattab and Parsons have been charged with two counts of honest services wire fraud. Burns, Davis, and Roberts are each charged with one count of honest services wire fraud. Alhattab, Millien, and Parsons are charged with four counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Burns, Davis, and Roberts are charged with one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
The conspiracy and wire fraud counts are each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The bribery counts are each punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Transportation – Office of Inspector General.
By
Ashley
-
September 2, 2025