WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the July 29, 2026, guilty pleas of three defendants who participated in a bribery scheme that enabled over 100 people to fraudulently obtain commercial driver's licenses. The three defendants- MAHMOUD ALHATTAB, JONATHAN PARSONS, and MARLINE ROBERTS-each pleaded guilty to one count of Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666.
ALHATTAB, a local restaurant owner, admitted to being the ringleader of a scheme in which CDL applicants each paid him on average approximate...