Gwinnett County driver's license suspension attorneys have many clients who would like to be able to find a simple way to get a driver's license. Until recently they could have, if they knew the right driver's license examiner and had lots of cash to give them. Two examiners for the Georgia Department of Driver Services have been sentenced to prison for issuing driver's licenses to applicants who did not qualify for them, all in exchange for cash.

Kenneth Boyt, 36, and Denise Searcy Trower, 41, both of Kathleen, were sentenced to prison terms by U.S. District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Macon. Boyt got two years, Trower got two years and six months.

Boyt and Trower had been responsible for reviewing Georgia driver's license applications and issuing licenses. 

A U.S. Attorney's Office news release said:

"Boyt and Trower violated federal law and DDS rules by issuing driver's licenses to people whom they knew were not qualified to have one - all in exchange for money. For example, both issued licenses to immigrants who were not legally admitted to the United States, and therefore not eligible to receive a Georgia driver's license."

Also involved in the scheme were Javeed Bukhari, 49, of Lawrenceville, and Ghanshyam Patel, 41, of Perry. Buchari and Patel introduced people who wanted licenses to either Boyt or Trower.

"These applicants would pay money to Bukhari or Patel for an illegal license, and these middlemen would in turn pay Boyt or Trower. Boyt or Trower would then provide the applicant with a valid Georgia driver's license. Some applicants admitted to paying as much as $6,000 for these illegal licenses."

Many of the applicants were people who worked at Bukhari's business, a Dairy Queen in Perry.