Any advice?

Also the issue date doesn't mean he ever drove at all

 

I'm surprised your insurance company didn't discover the mistake.
As a business owner don't you submit the DL to insurance to find out if they will even cover the employee.
The driver might be able to change information on the CDL, but not on the MVR. The MVR would show the changed information on the CDL card itself.
Good Luck

 

Why would you depend on the insurance company to catch something that you are supposed to catch?

201 said you must do your Due Diligence, which I disagree; you are required to do your Due Diligence. YOU pull the MVR, YOU investigate the prior employment, if you can't or won't, then you hire someone. You road test every driver, you make it real real-world test, not pull over there and park type test.

 

I get it people make mistakes, but there are safe guards put in place to prevent this. To name two important ones:
1. verify previous employment history (driving experience)
2. Road and skills test

 

Oh, I don't know, I bet that magnetic strip on the license goes back to kindergarten,,when you pulled Peggy Sues pigtails in 3rd grade? Yep, all there,,