Defendant Impersonated CDL Testers to Issue Fake Licenses

Tonya Levera Davis, 49, of Newton, Mississippi, was employed by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Newton Department of Motor Vehicles, as a driver’s license examiner.

Davis administered driver’s license applications, both written and computer tests, as well as the administration of Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) testing. She was an authorized tester of the written skills portion of the CDL test, but not for the road skills portion.

Between June 2016 and May 2018, Davis authorized CDLs to applicants who had not passed the written or road skills portions of the test. She sold CDLs to over 88 unqualified applicants by providing answers to the written skills test.

Davis would further pass the unqualified applicant and use state-issued identification numbers of other third-party testers to pass unqualified applicants and issue fraudulent CDLs.

Davis is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Carlton W. Reeves on September 13, 2019, at 8:45 a.m. She faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison and a $250,000.00 fine.

The case was investigated by the United States Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Assistant United States Attorney Erin Chalk is prosecuting the case.

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