PORTLAND (WGME) — A man from Sanford is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent commercial driving license school out of York County.
According to court documents, several students paid the man thousands of dollars for commercial driving classes, but police say it was a scam, and they never got their licenses.
Paul Rumery of Sanford is facing eight charges, accused of deceiving people who wanted to get their commercial driver’s license.
According to the 15-page affidavit, investigators with the BMV found Rumery was operating an unlicensed driver’s education school for truck drivers.
He was arrested this week.
According to court documents, Rumery claimed he worked for Hannaford, training drivers on how to drive commercial trucks.
A man from Sanford is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent commercial driving license school out of York County. (WGME)
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