Lawsuit alleges bribery, corruption tied to Nevada DMV contract

State employees delayed the implementation of a Department of Motor Vehicles computer modernization because the contractor failed to pay them as much as $4 million in bribes, a lawsuit obtained by the Review-Journal alleges.

The lawsuit, which was unsealed Wednesday at the Review-Journal’s request, also claims the company, Tech Mahindra, hired former DMV Executive Director Troy Dillard in 2016 after he helped it secure the $75 million contract.

The Nevada attorney general’s office, under Adam Laxalt, repeatedly asked that the lawsuit remain sealed as his office decided whether to join the case, but in the end Laxalt did not intervene despite the allegations of bribery, records show.

The disclosure of the previously secret case is the latest twist in the DMV computer system debacle, which has cost motorists as much as $26 million in unusable technology, consulting and payroll and resulted in Tech Mahindra being fired last year.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/lawsuit-alleges-bribery-corruption-tied-to-nevada-dmv-contract-1702049/