Mustafa Redzic Press Release (Sentencing)

June 16, 2008
For Immediate Release

TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL OWNER SENTENCED ON BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES

St. Louis, MO: Mustafa Redzic, owner of Bosna Truck Driving School in St. Louis, was sentenced to 75 months in prison on multiple charges involving a bribery/fraud scheme to provide easy tests to hundreds of students applying for commercial drivers licenses, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

“Mustafa Redzic seriously compromised the safety and security of our roads and the integrity of our Commercial Drivers License testing system during the few years he was in business,” said U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, who, with Tom Albus, tried the case for the government. “Today’s sentence is the result of years of hard work by federal, state and local investigators to root out this scheme and, just as importantly, fix the damage it has done.”

MUSTAFA REDZIC, of St. Louis County, appeared before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. Following his sentence, Redzic was ordered to serve three years supervised release.

Redzic and his former truck driving school, Bosna Truck Driving School, which operated at 7719 Hall Street in St. Louis City, have been under investigation since 2005. The present indictment was handed up nearly one year ago on June 21, 2007. Redzic’s case went to trial in April in Cape Girardeau, and the jury found him guilty on all counts: conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and bribery.

At trial, the government presented evidence of a broad ranging bribery and fraud scheme involving Redzic and Troy Parr, a commercial drivers license tester who managed a testing facility in Sikeston, Missouri. Redzic was found to have bribed Parr in exchange for favorable treatment of his students at Parr’s testing site. Parr, who testified at the trial and was sentenced in April, admitted to accepting numerous cash payments and the promise of a lucrative job in Redzic’s organization. In exchange, Parr gave Redzic’s students “short tests,” which did not meet state standards. In some cases, Redzic's students did not even have to show up for testing at all and still received licenses. In all, the government traced 469 fraudulent commercial drivers licenses to the Redzic-Parr relationship.

Co-defendant Troy Parr, of Dexter, Missouri, pled guilty last December and was sentenced to one year and one day on April 28.

Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the task force that included the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Transportation - Office of the Inspector General; the State of Missouri Department of Revenue and Highway Patrol; and Assistant United States Attorney Tom Albus.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CATHERINE L. HANAWAY United States Attorney	NEWS RELEASE
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June 16, 2008 For Immediate Release TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL OWNER SENTENCED ON BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES St. Louis, MO: Mustafa Redzic, owner of Bosna Truck Driving School in St. Louis, was sentenced to 75 months in prison on multiple charges involving a bribery/fraud scheme to provide easy tests to hundreds of students applying for commercial drivers licenses, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today. “Mustafa Redzic seriously compromised the safety and security of our roads and the integrity of our Commercial Drivers License testing system during the few years he was in business,” said U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, who, with Tom Albus, tried the case for the government. “Today’s sentence is the result of years of hard work by federal, state and local investigators to root out this scheme and, just as importantly, fix the damage it has done.” MUSTAFA REDZIC, of St. Louis County, appeared before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. Following his sentence, Redzic was ordered to serve three years supervised release. Redzic and his former truck driving school, Bosna Truck Driving School, which operated at 7719 Hall Street in St. Louis City, have been under investigation since 2005. The present indictment was handed up nearly one year ago on June 21, 2007. Redzic’s case went to trial in April in Cape Girardeau, and the jury found him guilty on all counts: conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and bribery. At trial, the government presented evidence of a broad ranging bribery and fraud scheme involving Redzic and Troy Parr, a commercial drivers license tester who managed a testing facility in Sikeston, Missouri. Redzic was found to have bribed Parr in exchange for favorable treatment of his students at Parr’s testing site. Parr, who testified at the trial and was sentenced in April, admitted to accepting numerous cash payments and the promise of a lucrative job in Redzic’s organization. In exchange, Parr gave Redzic’s students “short tests,” which did not meet state standards. In some cases, Redzic's students did not even have to show up for testing at all and still received licenses. In all, the government traced 469 fraudulent commercial drivers licenses to the Redzic-Parr relationship. Co-defendant Troy Parr, of Dexter, Missouri, pled guilty last December and was sentenced to one year and one day on April 28. Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the task force that included the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Transportation - Office of the Inspector General; the State of Missouri Department of Revenue and Highway Patrol; and Assistant United States Attorney Tom Albus.