From Benzinga.com
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An attorney who represents tractor-trailer accident victims throughout the Northeast said today that the public's trust in truck safety inspections has been undermined by an alleged upstate New York bribery scandal.
According to the Buffalo News, federal prosecutors have charged a Buffalo, New York-based Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration supervisor of taking thousands of dollars in bribes from safety consultants for Canadian trucking companies in exchange for giving them improper help with safety inspections.
The inspector, who was arrested in an investigation by the FBI and U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General's Office, has pled not guilty, the newspaper said.
According to Land Line Magazine, the inspector's alleged assistance included arranging for “friendly” safety audits that allowed the trucking companies to obtain favorable FMCSA ratings.
“The FMCSA's inspections are intended to make sure that trucking companies are following the rules and to prevent New York truck accidents,” said Marion Munley, an attorney with the Scranton, Pennsylvania-based trucking accident litigation firm of Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C. “They must be fairly and consistently enforced at all times.”
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