A 51-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty to accepting over $3,000 from two undercover investigators, in exchange for helping them cheat on a NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) licensing exam, city officials said in August. Ahoinsou Djogbessi was indicted in July on charges that included impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination, first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, as well as a list of misdemeanor charges. He pleaded guilty to one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (a felony), as part of a plea deal – and agreed to pay a $4,500 fine.
According to the criminal complaint, an undercover NYC Department of Investigations (DOI) investigator visited Djobessi’s office where he said he could facilitate and expedite the TLC application process and guarantee a passing score, in exchange for money. The undercover officer paid $2,350, plus a $257.04 TLC fee to Djogbessi between October and December of 2022. The defendant then escorted the “test taker” to the TLC testing location and answered 79 of the 80 questions on the exam, passing the test. In May 2024, a second undercover agent appeared at Djogbessi’s office and paid an initial installment of $1,270, after agreeing that the defendant would provide the same services the first “client” received.
Source: amNY
