BOSTON — The former Brockton RMV manager accused of accepting money for agreeing to give out passing learner’s permit test scores was sentenced in Boston federal court Tuesday.
Mia Cox-Johnson, 44, was sentenced to four months in prison and one year of supervised release after allegedly telling applicants to request a written test instead of a computerized version in order to manually correct them with passing scores, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
In 2018, the former manager allegedly accepted $1,000 in cash from an individual in exchange for providing a passing score to the briber’s relative who had failed the test six times in their native language. The next year a customer allegedly paid Cox-Johnson $200 to score three multiple-choice tests in their favor. The applicant failed one of the tests but received a passing grade from Cox-Johnson.
Cox-Johnson was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
Estevao Semedo, 61, also of Brockton, was also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud in the scandal. He’s accused of paying a road test examiner at the Brockton RMV to approve driver’s license applicants who never completed or passed tests.
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Cox-Johnson pleaded guilty to counts of extortion and one count of conspiring to commit extortion in March.
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