{"id":5664,"date":"2011-04-12T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2023-03-15T02:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T02:53:40","slug":"gypsies-stripped-of-licences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5664","title":{"rendered":"Gypsies Stripped of Licences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope it isn&#8217;t just gypsies who have this happen to them &#8211; it should happen to anyone who is found to be involved in the same type of fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/top-stories\/2011\/04\/11\/gypsies-lose-driving-licences-for-allegedly-paying-people-to-pass-tests-for-them-115875-23052526\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story in the Daily Mirror<\/a> reports that almost 150 Irish travellers paid around \u00a3500 per test to have some one do it for them, netting the crooks doing the impersonating somewhere around \u00a3150,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two women and a man have had to flee their homes as angry gypsies try to get their money back (obviously, these gypsies aren&#8217;t bright enough to realise their own fraudulent position in all this &#8211; there is no money to &#8220;get back&#8221; because the people paying it are as guilty of fraud as those taking it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three criminals will be sentenced later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the DSA, around 5,000 fraudulent driving tests of this type take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope it isn&#8217;t just gypsies who have this happen to them &#8211; it should happen to anyone who is found to be involved in the same type of fraud. 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