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21/02/2013
Driving Instructor Arrested In Fraud Investigation
A police investigation into an alleged cash-for-a-pass driving test scam has led to the arrest of a driving instructor.
The as-yet-unidentified man was arrested at 08.00 on Thursday morning at a north London driving test centre and a box of documents were seized.
It is alleged that the instructor accepted brides, for as much as £3,000, to pass people in advance.
It is understood that so far more than 100 people, who fraudulently obtained their licences from the instructor, have been identified
Those identified licenses are now being revoked.
Two other driving instructors and four test candidates were also arrested in London and Walsall, West Midlands.
(H/GK)
The as-yet-unidentified man was arrested at 08.00 on Thursday morning at a north London driving test centre and a box of documents were seized.
It is alleged that the instructor accepted brides, for as much as £3,000, to pass people in advance.
It is understood that so far more than 100 people, who fraudulently obtained their licences from the instructor, have been identified
Those identified licenses are now being revoked.
Two other driving instructors and four test candidates were also arrested in London and Walsall, West Midlands.
(H/GK)
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