BY CARRIE MELAGO - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER - Sunday, February 3rd 2008
Two city traffic enforcement agents were arrested for writing bogus summonses - just a few months after an undercover sting snared four of their co-workers, police said Saturday.
Agents Mohammad Islam and Mohammed Saleh were slapped Friday with charges that include forgery and official misconduct.
Last summer, an NYPD sting uncovered four other agents writing up a slew of phony tickets, sometimes not even bothering to leave the summonses on vehicles.
In fact, the two-month probe revealed the rogue civil servants rarely left their air-conditioned squad cars.
They allegedly handwrote summonses - to avoid computer time stamps - for nonexistent violations.
Authorities said the four agents targeted out-of-state drivers whom they assumed wouldn't fight the tickets, but investigators were tipped off by a large number of complaints.
It's unclear if Islam and Saleh are accused of using similar tactics. They also face charges of falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing.
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