Satwinder Singh took the tests over a period of four years (Picture: SWNS)
A fraudster took the driving theory test for 36 people, charging up to £1,500 each time, a court heard.
Satwinder Singh, 34, took the tests – which costs just £23 – for non-English speakers over a four-year period.
The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) even issued pictures of Singh to centres as a warning while he travelled to test sites up and down the country.
He was finally arrested on June 6 this year after he was recognised while trying to take an exam in Reading.
Singh, of Swansea, admitted the specific offences of impersonating genuine test candidates for payment at Person and Reed test centres.
He also admitted possessing a driving licence for use in fraud.
Singh also asked for 35 other similar offences to be taken into consideration ahead of his sentencing.
The other test centres he targeted were in locations such as Manchester, Sheffield, Southgate, Oxford, Aylesbury, Guildford, Staines and Bristol.
The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency put out a picture of Singh at test centres in a bid to catch him (Picture: DVSA/SWNS)
Magistrates sent his case to crown court for sentencing at a later date.
The DVSA released a gallery of CCTV stills showing Singh posing as candidates at various test centres after his magistrates’ court appearance.
He faces up to ten years in jail.
The case follows similar instances across the country, including Salim Basalim, 32, who admitted twelve counts of fraud and received a year in jail for taking tests.
He took tests up and down the country (Picture: DVSA/SWNS)
Bolton Crown Court heard how he’d travelled to Bangor, Leeds, Preston and Finchley, North London, before he was finally cornered and sentenced in December last year.
Another man, Mohammad Shoaib, 38, was given a community order after paying a ‘ringer’ £800 to take a test for him after he failed it 14 times.
A DVSA spokesperson said: ‘Driving test fraud is a serious offence, and we’re working closely with social media companies and other agencies to crack down and prosecute those attempting to cheat the system.’
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Satwinder Singh, 34, took the tests – which costs just £23 – for non-English speakers over a four-year period.
