October 6th 2023.
Satwinder Singh was recently sentenced to a year in jail for his part in an organised crime ring that charged non-English speakers hundreds of pounds to pass their theory tests. Singh's scheme saw him travel all over the UK to various test centres, pocketing an estimated £20,000 in the process.
Singh's scheme was uncovered after staff at one test centre noticed that he didn't look like the photo on his provisional licence. Additionally, CCTV images of him were shared with test centres by the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency as a warning.
In June, Singh was arrested while trying to take a test in Reading, and was found with a licence bearing a different name. In police interviews, he insisted that the false name was his real identity, but keys to a Range Rover found on his person led detectives to a vehicle registration under his real name.
At sentencing, Judge Norton spoke of the risk that Singh's actions had created for other road users by potentially putting unqualified drivers onto the roads. She acknowledged Singh's difficult start in the UK and the support he had received from his community, but noted that the offences had been committed for financial gain.
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