A Palatine man who forged paperwork allowing at least 10 convicteddrunken drivers to get back on the road with new licenses wassentenced Monday to 20 months in federal prison.
Prosecutors said Ronald Johnson, 32, operated the scam in 1997 and1998 by faxing altered court documents to the Illinois secretary ofstate's office showing that a driver's DUI conviction had beendismissed.
After getting the green light from the secretary of state'soffice, drivers could get new licenses.
Johnson, a computer technician at the time, charged drivers asmuch as $4,000 for his services.
At least four drivers later got into accidents, and one of thosewas charged with …
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