'These drivers have been carrying on without the fear of enforcement. That's changing now'
It is a terraced house in Oldham in a small street. But it is suspected of being one of many in the area used for a scam which is operating nationwide.
The police then respond by sending the fictitious person a letter informing them they are the nominated driver. Following no response the matter is then put before the courts and proven in the fictitious driver's absence. Taxpayers money is then wasted pursuing the driver for payment of fines and a "ghost" driving licence record is created by the DVLA, at more expense.
In the remaining 48 cases - of which 15 are businesses - they will be attending court for a case management hearing and possibly also face a six-point penalty fine. "The ones we are looking at are people that had had the notice delivered and then give it to another member of the public, sometimes they don't even know who they are but they have picked them up via adverts on Twitter and Instagram. A lot of it is done by drop it off or hand me the form. We know people are charging £350, but if you have a large number of points and you are a taxi driver it could be £800. They will pay that person to make it go away.
Mr Rowe said: "Sometimes the handwriting on the forms that are filled in falsely are the same. Sometimes we can have three or four come in one envelope nominating different drivers and different addresses. They are not that smart some of them. Sometimes it can appear that there are 28 people, say, living at the same terraced house in Oldham. That's where we got our information from."
He said of those using the scam: "Some are respectable - doctors, taxi drivers, and then we also have serious criminals." Chief Inspector Neilson said: "We have businesses as well, who are flouting the law this way, which makes you think, 'how they are operating as businesses?' A quick search on Facebook and the companies offering to remove speeding tickets can be found. They are then contacted by messaging back.
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