AG Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced that a Paterson school bus company pleaded guilty to a second-degree crime, and agreed to pay a six-figure penalty and face a decade-long ban from doing business with the State, after it put unqualified drivers behind the wheels of school buses and deceived school districts about its hiring practices and the safety of its bus fleet.

“This resolution ensures accountability, including a steep financial penalty, for this crime, and that State government contracts will be off-limits to the primary offenders well into the future. This case has also resulted in stringent, independent monitoring to ensure that children get to school safely and that school districts and taxpayers are not deceived and taken advantage of.”- AG Platkin