Ex-BMV staffer sentenced for bribery
June 14, 2006
Ex-BMV staffer sentenced for bribery
By Vic Ryckaert
vic.ryckaert@indystar.com
A former Bureau of Motor Vehicles worker was sentenced this week to 30 days of home detention for taking bribes in exchange for giving foreign nationals passing grades on driving tests.
Rosalind "Rose" Eikman, 43, was also sentenced to 355 days probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine during a hearing Monday in Marion Superior Court.
Eikman admitted to committing official misconduct in connection with a 16-month investigation into ring that illegally provided licenses and ID cards to foreign nationals from such countries as Bulgaria, China, Mexico and Pakistan.
Eikman and co-worker Velvet McKinney were fired in January 2005 after they were accused of accepting cash, meals, computer equipment, a DVD player and trips to Cincinnati and the Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg.
In March, McKinney, 44, was sentenced to three months in Marion County Jail and three more months of home detention.
Call Star reporter Vic Ryckaert at (317) 444-2761.
Copyright 2006 IndyStar.com. All rights reserved
Ex-BMV staffer sentenced for bribery
By Vic Ryckaert
vic.ryckaert@indystar.com
A former Bureau of Motor Vehicles worker was sentenced this week to 30 days of home detention for taking bribes in exchange for giving foreign nationals passing grades on driving tests.
Rosalind "Rose" Eikman, 43, was also sentenced to 355 days probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine during a hearing Monday in Marion Superior Court.
Eikman admitted to committing official misconduct in connection with a 16-month investigation into ring that illegally provided licenses and ID cards to foreign nationals from such countries as Bulgaria, China, Mexico and Pakistan.
Eikman and co-worker Velvet McKinney were fired in January 2005 after they were accused of accepting cash, meals, computer equipment, a DVD player and trips to Cincinnati and the Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg.
In March, McKinney, 44, was sentenced to three months in Marion County Jail and three more months of home detention.
Call Star reporter Vic Ryckaert at (317) 444-2761.
Copyright 2006 IndyStar.com. All rights reserved
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