Summary

On April 2, 2008, Mustafa Redzic, owner of Bosna Truck Driving School, was found guilty in U.S. District Court, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, of bribery, conspiracy, and wire and mail fraud. On June 21, 2007, Mr. Redzic, along with Tony Parr–the former training director for the Commercial Drivers Training Academy (CDTA) and State of Missouri driver’s license examiner–were indicted. The DOT/OIG investigation revealed that in early 2004, Mr. Redzic and Mr. Parr devised a scheme whereby Mr. Redzic would send customers to Mr. Parr’s testing facility in Sikeston, Missouri, to receive 30–minute short tests instead of the average 2–hour tests necessary to obtain their Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs). In one instance, Mr. Redzic persuaded Mr. Parr to pass two of Mr. Redzic’s students who had not shown up for a test. In addition to the required fees, Mr. Redzic paid Mr. Parr more than $5,000 and promised him a higher paying job for favorable treatment.

Mr. Parr also falsely completed the test results that stated that each student passed a full, complete, three–part Missouri CDL test and then mailed the results to the State of Missouri’s Department of Revenue (DOR), which issues driver’s licenses and CDLs and employs officials and contracts with third parties to administer driver’s tests. Between January 1, 2004, and April 21, 2005, Mr. Redzic (through his company) earned approximately $1.8 million in tuition from more than 600 clients he sent through Mr. Parr’s testing facility. DOR has cancelled or suspended all the CDLs and retested all the CDL holders that were processed through Mr. Redzic and Mr. Parr. Mr. Redzic will be sentenced on June 16, 2008. Mr. Parr pled guilty to the charges and is scheduled for sentencing on April 24, 2008. This is an ongoing, multiagency investigation with DOT/OIG; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joint Terrorism Task Force; U.S. Marshals Service; Internal Revenue Service; Missouri State Highway Patrol; Postal Inspection Service; and St. Louis City and County Police Departments.