Georgia man guilty of buying bogus license

PITTSBURGH - A Georgia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to buying a bogus Pennsylvania licenses to transport hazardous materials, bringing to 14 the number of people who have pleaded guilty in the license-for-bribes scheme. <br> <br> Twenty-nine-year-old Samir Almazaal of Clarkston faces up to 15 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining commercial driver&#39;s licenses from a former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker. <br> <br> Almazaal was among 20 men of Middle Eastern origin arrested in late September on charges of bribing the Pittsburgh PennDOT worker. <br> <br> Including Almazaal, 14 people charged in the case have pleaded guilty or been convicted. <br> <br> Federal prosecutors say Almazaal came to Pittsburgh from Detroit in January 2000 to get the hazmat license, hearing he could make more money transporting the materials.

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