{"id":398205,"date":"2026-07-14T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:34:11","slug":"california-dmv-says-suspected-cheating-cause-of-11000-driver-test-cancellation-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398205\/","title":{"rendered":"California DMV Says Suspected \u2018Cheating\u2019 Cause of 11,000 Driver Test Cancellation Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesperson for the agency said several cases have been referred to local district attorneys for potential prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Jul 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Updated 11:09 am PT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-1027903598.jpg\"  alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sign at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Plesanton, California, Aug. 28, 2018. The California Department of Motor Vehicles said receiving a notice \u201cdoes not indicate a final determination that cheating occurred,\u201d but that the results were \u201cidentified as potentially problematic.\u201d\u00a0(Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">The California Department of Motor Vehicles said cheating concerns led them to require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12090223\/california-dmv-retest-written-test-letter-retake-irregularities-appointment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thousands of drivers to retake<\/a> their written knowledge exam in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">The agency had previously been tight-lipped about why they issued 11,000 Californians re-evaluation notices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">DMV spokesperson Jonathan Groveman said in an email that irregularities it identified in exam results suggested \u201csome individuals may have attempted to circumvent the testing process using various cheating methods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DMVCM1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12081739\"  \/>A Department of Motor Vehicles parking lot in central Fresno on Dec. 13, 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">The DMV did not provide any specifics on how people might have cheated. State lawmakers previously requested more information about the nature of any misconduct, and asked if the DMV had identified cheating schemes or third-party and criminal organization involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">While Groveman said that receiving a notice \u201cdoes not indicate a final determination that cheating occurred,\u201d it means that the test taker\u2019s results were \u201cidentified as potentially problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">The agency said it has referred multiple cases to county district attorneys for potential prosecution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">\u201cEnsuring the integrity of the knowledge testing process is essential to public safety and to confirm that drivers understand California\u2019s rules of the road,\u201d Groveman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\" title=\"\">The letters warn that drivers who do not retake and pass the written test within 30 days will have their licenses cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for the agency said several cases have been referred to local district attorneys for potential prosecution.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-398205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}