A former New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission clerk, who faked records and sold commercial driver's licenses to school bus drivers who never passed mandatory tests, was sentenced to prison Friday, according to New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal's office.

Rodman Lora, of Ridgewood, was sentenced to seven years in state prison after investigators found he modified records at the Lodi MVC for more than 200 people from 2014 to 2016, allowing them to illegally receive commercial driver's licenses in exchange for cash payments, officials said.

The 39-year-old accepted cash bribes averaging over $700 each in exchange for altering the individuals' records, enabling them to illegally receive the licenses with special endorsements which allowed them to drive school buses and vehicles containing hazardous materials, the press release said.

He was charged with conspiracy, computer criminal activity and tampering with public records. Sixty-nine other customers and co-conspirators were charged in the illegal scheme, authorities said.

Three others were sentenced Friday for their involvement, including Luis Tiburcio, of Passaic, who was sentenced to three years in prison for bringing customers to Lora, and Masood Ahamdi, the owner of a school bus company who was sending potential employees to Lora, and faces three years probation, officials said.

Mark Hingston, of Toms River, worked at the MVC as a private security guard and obtained a commercial driver's license with an endorsement after Lora entered passing written exam scores for him. Hingston received two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.

The remaining 60 customers and runners were charged for their associations with Lora's scheme. Seven pleaded guilty to tampering with public documents, the release said.

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