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The marvels of technology: Roxbury man charged with using Bluetooth devices to help would-be truckers cheat on their written learner's permit exams
By adamg on Fri, 05/31/2024 - 12:45pm
A Roxbury man was arrested today on federal charges that he used a Bluetooth-enabled system to help people pass their Commercial Driver's License learner's permit exams - for $3,000.
Unfortunately for Frank Castro, allegedly, the last person he helped cheat on an exam at the Danvers RMV was an undercover Homeland Security agent.
According to an indictment issued in April but only made public today, Castro took advantage of Bluetooth technology and the way the tests are given - exam takers don headphones to listen to questions which they then answer on paper. His customers would wear a Bluetooth earbud, through which he could hear the questions and then relay the answers. Castro allegedly told his customers - whom he said included Florida men who wanted a Massachusetts permit to sit in the back, in the rightmost chair, because that particular seat was in a blind spot for the room's surveillance camera.
On Nov. 21, 2021, the indictment states, the undercover agent texted Castro the information he needed to set up an exam appointment. On Dec. 22, the day of the exam, the agent sent Castro $3,000 and at 2:30 p.m., took the exam. The indictment reports the agent passed the test, thanks to the answers provided by Castro - and afterwards, he even picked up his new Massachusetts CDL learner's permit.
Castro, 50, was formally charged with unlawful production of identification documents.
Innocent, etc.
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That guy would have made a
That guy would have made a fine state trooper. https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/2nd-mass-state-trooper-dishonorably...
CDL permit exam is not easy
but anyone who can read, and concentrate for about a week on the manual, should be able to pass. It's the actual driving experience and road test that require training. Of course the alternative now is to pay someone like Frank, or bribe an insider at RMV.
Our low bridges
And tunnels weed these guys out!
Talk about a low bar to entry.
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My high school guidance counselor failed me...
Who knew there was a whole underworld dedicated to exploiting drivers license pass rates even if you don't work for the DMV.
The world needs ditch diggers too, Friar
To paraphrase Judge Smails.
Every time I brought home a C on my report card...
Dad would say, "you're going to end up being a ditch digger."
I didn't ...
if you know how to dig a ditch with a backhoe
you will earn more than most college grads.
It's a new world @Friartuck.
It's a new world @Friartuck. Kids since the 1950s have had this cheating idea for far less important tests.
Now, they can/could actually pull it off without owning an expensive radio transmitter just using relatively cheap, available anywhere, hardware.
What about the cheaters?
How many drivers passed their exam by cheating this way?
Have they been accounted for, and have their licenses been revoked?
What if they drive over a bicyclist? Or a child?
Seems to me there is no indication of any follow up investigation.
Was Alex Cora involved?
Was Alex Cora involved?
December of 2021?
Why did it take 2.5 years to get an indictment with seemingly such strong evidence? Has he been allowed to continue to run his scam all this time?
I wonder if any Staties are involved in this scam?
Yes, I'm jaded.