An eagle-eyed Garden City Department of Motor Vehicles worker who noticed a woman taking a test for a commercial driver’s license instead of its intended male applicant led authorities to charge a 51-count fraud indictment against three DMV employees and four others.

Under the scheme, wannabe truck drivers would pay between $1,500 and $3,000 for a surrogate to take the test for them, officials said.

Jamie Middleton, 35, a woman who would sometimes disguise herself with a fake beard and mustache , took the exam nine times between March and September 2023 for seven clients, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly and New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang at a news conference Thursday in Mineola. She passed the test eight times, Donnelly said.

Her sister, Kanais

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