Posted on 10/15/2025 5:40:36 PM PDT by xxqqzz
A former Massachusetts State Police commander has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for orchestrating a bizarre and brazen bribery scheme that traded commercial driver’s licenses for everything from snowblowers and driveways to candy and bottled water — a scandal prosecutors called one of the “oddest and greediest” cases of public corruption in state history.
Gary Cederquist, 60, of Stoughton, who once led the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Unit, was convicted in May on 48 federal counts, including extortion, mail fraud, falsifying records, and honest services fraud. Prosecutors said the former trooper granted passing road test scores to unqualified drivers in exchange for personal favors and gifts, effectively putting dangerous drivers behind the wheel of massive trucks across Massachusetts.
A “Golden” Scheme of Odd Bribes and Betrayal Federal prosecutors painted Cederquist as the “ringleader” of an enterprise that swapped public safety for petty greed. Over the years, he and several accomplices allegedly sold passing grades to applicants who should have failed, receiving a grab bag of items in return — including home repairs, a
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STRAIGHT OUT OF CENTRAL CASTING
FTA-—A former Massachusetts State Police commander, Gary Cederquist, 60, of Stoughton,
who once led the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Unit, was convicted on 48 federal counts,
<><>including extortion, mail fraud, falsifying records, and honest services fraud
<><>the former trooper granted passing road test scores to unqualified drivers
<><>in exchange for bribes of personal favors and gifts,
<><>he put dangerous drivers behind the wheel of massive trucks across Massachusetts.
“Massachusetts”
Does Howie Carr know this?
“. . . a scandal prosecutors called one of the “oddest and greediest” cases of public corruption in state history.”
WAIT!!! This is Massachusetts! There is absolutely NO WAY that this is the greediest corruption in THIS state!!
They say former cops don’t do well in prison.
They say former cops don’t do well in prison.
For obvious reasons.
Cops and kiddie rapists.
He looks much older than 60.
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