A 51-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty to accepting over $3,000 from two undercover investigators, all in exchange for helping them cheat on a TLC licensing exam, city officials said on Thursday.

Ahoinsou Djogbessi was indicted in July 2025 on charges that included impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination, first-degree offering a false instrument for filing as well as a list of misdemeanor charges.

He pleaded guilty to one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, which is a felony, as part of a plea deal. He agreed to pay a $4,500 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, an undercover NYC Department of Investigations (DOI) investigator visited Djobessi’s office where the defendant explained he could facilitate and expedite the NYC Taxi

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