Police are searching a suspected fraudster who is assumed to have posed as different folks to take their driving exams for them.
An image has been launched by Derbyshire Police attempting to establish the lady, who has been linked to comparable incidents in 12 different counties.
The power stated the lady may need dedicated comparable frauds in Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Worcestershire, Hereford, Kent, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Larger London space.
Detectives stated suspicions have been raised at Quintin Highway, Derby, on November 18, when a member of driving centre employees realised she may be taking a take a look at on behalf of another person.
Derbyshire Police have launched a picture of the lady, who’s suspected of being linked to ‘comparable incidents’ in 12 different counties
Suspicions have been raised on November 18 by a member of employees on the driving take a look at centre on Quintin Highway in Derby, who believed the lady was an impostor
A Derbyshire Police spokesman stated: ‘Officers are asking for the general public’s assist to establish a girl they wish to communicate to in reference to an alleged fraudulent driving take a look at.
‘The incident occurred in Quintin Highway, Derby, on 18 November, the place driving take a look at employees grew to become involved one of many girls current could have been taking a take a look at on behalf of one other particular person.
‘Officers at the moment are asking for the general public’s assist to establish the lady pictured who they wish to communicate to in reference to this incident, in addition to different comparable incidents across the nation.’
Driving take a look at fraud is considered at an all time excessive, with a profitable commerce rising in illegally sitting exams for non-English audio system.
One lady was jailed for eight months in July after charging between £700 and £800 per take a look at.
Inderjeet Kaur, 29, was jailed after she admitted to police she impersonated others 150 occasions in each principle and sensible exams.
In November, Ali Ahmad, 46, was jailed for 18 months for charging as much as £1,000 to sit down folks’s driving and principle exams in Leicester.
He instructed cops that he had a ‘no win, no price’ coverage and even re-took a take a look at on one event after initially failing.
The Driver and Automobile Requirements Company urged folks to report drivers they believe of sitting a take a look at for another person.
A DVSA spokesman stated: ‘It is unlawful to cheat at a driving or principle take a look at through the use of an impersonator to take the take a look at for you or impersonating a candidate and taking their take a look at for them.
‘Impersonators and individuals who use them could be despatched to jail, banned from driving, ordered to hold out unpaid work and made to pay courtroom prices.’
