Former Driving Instructor Sentenced for Defrauding Massachusetts RMV

Another Case Involving the Brockton RMV

A former driving instructor has been sentenced for conspiring to defraud the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) by facilitating the issuance of driver’s licenses to applicants who did not pass the required road tests.

Ngan Dinh, 48, of Boston, received a sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to two years of probation, including six months of home confinement with GPS monitoring. Additionally, Dinh was fined $4,000 and ordered to forfeit $5,450. This sentencing follows Dinh’s March 2024 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud.

Dinh, a naturalized U.S. citizen fluent in Vietnamese and some English, distributed business cards within the Vietnamese community. He targeted Vietnamese immigrants who were not proficient in English, offering to assist them with RMV procedures. However, instead of providing legitimate assistance, Dinh bribed a road test examiner at the Brockton RMV to falsely certify that his clients had passed the road test. In some instances, the applicants did not even attend the test.

Clients paid Dinh up to $1,200, with all transactions conducted in cash. Dinh convinced some clients to pay these amounts by fabricating stories, such as claiming that the RMV had suspended road tests due to the pandemic and that he could secure their licenses through a fictitious position as a “certified rep” for the RMV. Dinh paid the RMV examiner a $100 bribe for each falsified test result and retained the remaining money.