A woman who took more than 150 driving tests for other people has been sentenced to eight months in prison. Inderjeet Kaur, 29, offered to take both written and practical driving tests for people who struggled with the English language, but it wasn’t long before she was caught.
- She was sentenced this week at Swansea Crown Court. According to Yorkshire Live, Kaur, from Llanelli, admitted to doing around 150 tests for people between 2018 and 2020. She’s said to have committed the crimes all around England and Wales including Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham, and London.
- Staff at the driving centers had become suspicious of Kaur. It’s unclear what tipped them off, but staff members began to suspect that she was impersonating other candidates, so the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency referred the case and detectives in South Wales began to investigate. Turns out, their suspicions were right.
- What Kaur did was dangerous. While she may have believed her heart was in the right place (or at least her wallet was), as Detective Chief Inspector Steven Maloney points out, what she did was dangerous. “The crimes Kaur committed circumvent the driving test process and, in turn, puts innocent road users at risk, by allowing unskilled and dangerous motorists to have seemingly legitimate licences,” he said in a statement. “Safety on our roads has always been a priority and arresting those that flaunt the law ensures that we can keep unqualified drivers off the road.”
- Authorities believe she acted out of greed. Police are pleased to have put a stop to Kaur’s activities, which they criticized as being financially motivated. “By working with the DVSA, this complex criminal investigation highlighted the extent of Kaur’s offending which was purely out of greed,” Maloney added. “Kaur’s offending has now been halted, and she has now been brought to justice, and we welcome the sentence imposed by the courts. Frauds such as these pose significant risks to the general public and I urge any members of the public with information on such crimes to report them to the police.”
