PORTLAND (WGME) — A man from Sanford is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent industrial driving license school out of York County.
According to court docket paperwork, a number of college students paid the man hundreds of {dollars} for industrial driving courses, however police say it was a rip-off, they usually by no means obtained their licenses.
Paul Rumery of Sanford is going through eight expenses, accused of deceiving individuals who wished to get their industrial driver’s license.
According to the 15-page affidavit, investigators with the BMV discovered Rumery was working an unlicensed driver’s training school for truck drivers.
He was arrested this week.
According to court docket paperwork, Rumery claimed he labored for Hannaford, coaching drivers on the best way to drive industrial vehicles.
A man from Sanford is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent industrial driving license school out of York County. (WGME)
But investigators discovered he was really instructing individuals from different corporations on the aspect with no legitimate driver training license.
Documents present he charged college students hundreds of {dollars} lower than what a driving school authorized by the state would cost.
“I was trying for two years to get a CDL from him, roughly two years,” Leon Jackson, who took a number of courses with Rumery, stated.
Jackson says he paid Rumery $10,000 for himself, his son and two different pals to take courses and get their CDL license, however that license by no means got here.
“I had my permit, and I’m like, ‘Well, I got my permit, now I’m not going to sit here and wait a year and lose it,’” Jackson stated.
Jackson says Rumery by no means despatched his utility to the BMV to be licensed.
In order to really get his license, he paid to go to a second driving school in Brunswick.
“There’s a lot of damage that this has done, and it took a long time for them to finally get to this point,” GoDrivingSchool Owner Ronald Vance stated.
Vance was one of many who reported Rumery to the state.
He believes Rumery’s unusually low costs took college students away from his official driving school.
A man from Sanford is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent industrial driving license school out of York County. (WGME)
“I had to compete with a non-competitive licensed school,” Rumery stated. “It is very depressing, very frustrating and makes you maybe not want to run your business anymore.”
The Secretary of State says it is important CDL coaching is carried out by means of correctly licensed suppliers to guard each public security and customers.
The state says Rumery’s summons continues to be pending, and he’s scheduled in court docket on April 30.
