Framingham man indicted in driver's license scheme

WOBURN —

A former Framingham insurance agent has been indicted in connection with scheming with a former Registry of Motor Vehicles, or RMV, clerk to accept bribes in order to alter Massachusetts driver’s licenses to produce fake identities, the attorney general's office announced today.

A Middlesex Grand Jury returned indictments against Jaaziel Dallacosta, 27, of Marlborough, on charges of falsification of RMV licenses (5 counts), attempted falsification of a license, bribery of a public official and identity theft.

On Aug. 23, former RMV clerk, Ahmed Siddiqui, 31, of Framingham, pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court to charges of falsification of an operator’s license (10 counts), attempted falsification of an operator’s license, identity theft, and bribery of a public official.

Siddiqui was sentenced to two and a half years in the House of Correction, six months to serve, with the balance suspended for a probationary period of three years.

While investigating Siddiqui’s activities, authorities uncovered Dallacosta’s involvement in the scheme he participated in while working at his family’s Framingham-based insurance company.

Authorities allege that Dallacosta provided Siddiqui with paying “customersâ€