Taxi Driver Online

15 charged over fraudulent Nuneaton driving tests, could be on a Taxi rank near you.

FIFTEEN people have been charged in connection with fraudulent driving tests taken in Nuneaton.

They have been charged with offences including fraud, perverting the course of justice and misconduct following a joint investigation by Warwickshire Police and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA).

The investigation has led to 39 people having their licences revoked.

The offences took place around August 2011 and some of the accused used to work as DSA test examiners.




The 15 people will appear in front of magistrates in Birmingham on Monday April 30.

They are Andrew Cursley, of Nuneaton, Bushra Chugtai, of Leicester, Saadat Ali, of London, Mubarak Fasal, of Leicester, Zakia Hanif, of Manchester, Mohammed Ditta, of Manchester, Shahida Naveed, of London, Mohammad Ali, of London, Asiya Sidat, of Yorkshire, Mahamad Sufi Sidat, of Yorkshire; Javed Iqbal, of Manchester; Havid Ghani, of London; Raza Ur Rehman, of London, Mujaffar Patel, of Leicester, Mahmod Ibrahim, of Leicester.


Read More http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/c ... z1tPewsNyA

why does this not surprise me the same as how do drivers who don't even know where the railway station is pass a knowledge test locally

_________________
lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

_________________
42 years now! and still going strong!

It was obviously the breeding season for brown envelopes

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

We didnt report this one, it appears to be a massive problem!

Court: Eleven face driving test fraud charge
Thursday 5 April 2012 09:08
Eleven people appeared in court charged with taking part in a conspiracy to undertake fraudulent driving tests on Wednesday (4 April).

Peterborough Crown Court was packed as 11 defendants - nine men and two women - appeared and were charged with fraud by false representation.

The defendants from Peterborough, London, Leicester and Essex are alleged to have taken part in a conspiracy where some of them took driving tests for others at driving test centres across the country, including in Peterborough, Nottingham and Skegness.

Velu Kamalanthan (44), of Wolfencroft, London; Anura Sinnamani (31), of Huggett Close, Leicester; Francis Savarimuthu (41), of Althorpe Way, Essex; Kuganathan Balasubramaniam (43), of Padholme Road, Peterborough; Kanagan Rasalingam (35), of Tirrington, Bretton, Peterborough; Manchol Sritharan (34), of Tiverton Road, Enfield, London; Premini Kamalanathan (23), of Tirrington, Bretton, Peterborough; Ravi Gnanseelan (28), of Lawrence Road, London; Suresh Sivarajah (37), of Streatfield Avenue, London; Thangavel Jeyaseelan (32), of Carlyle Road, London and Sritharan Ponnuthuray (45), of Tiverton Road, Enfield, London sat in the public gallery rather than the dock with four Tamil interpreters translating as the charge was read to them yesterday.

There were also seven barristers in court, meaning it was standing room only for the public.

None of the defendants, who are all of Sri Lankan descent, indicated whether they would be entering a guilty or not guilty plea at the hearing yesterday.

Judge Nic Madge summarised the case by saying: “This is an alleged conspiracy to commit fraud. It is said to have involved some of the defendants undertaking driving tests, which misled the DVLA as to which people took the test.”

Judge Madge also warned all the defendants that they would not get maximum credit for guilty pleas if they entered them at a later date, or were convicted after a trial.

The next court hearing is set to take place at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday, July 13 when the 11 defendants will all be expected to enter pleas to the charges.

All have been granted bail until the next hearing.

_________________
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I could make a comment but whats the point, all the facts are there but ppl just won't join the dots will they.