East London man jailed 30 months for 14 driving test fraud offences in Hertfordshire
Soloman Tweneboah, 47, used assumed identities to fraudulently sit driving theory tests across England. He was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court.
East London man jailed for posing as candidates at driving theory tests
Soloman Tweneboah, 47, of Leather Gardens in East London, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to 14 counts of fraud by false representation, watfordobserver.co.uk reports.
Tweneboah appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, 20 February, having used assumed identities to fraudulently sit driving theory tests at centres in Hertfordshire and elsewhere in England.
The case came to light on 19 January, when staff at the Driving Theory Test Centre at Stag House, Hertford noticed that a candidate's driving licence photograph did not match the person in front of them. Tweneboah was subsequently arrested.
Detective Constable Dom Pyburn, from Hertfordshire Constabulary's Case Investigation Team, said the offending carried wider consequences: "Tweneboah committed over a dozen offences across the country, which has most likely led to many unqualified drivers on the road, putting others at risk."
Pyburn added that this type of fraud had been prevalent nationally in recent years, warning that using a proxy to sit a theory test is illegal and can result in a criminal record. He said police work in partnership with the DVSA to maintain standards and prevent unqualified drivers from causing problems on the roads.
Source: Google News UK — Crime (en)