Sp!ke
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The otherday I was shown some adverts on a foreign website for uk based foreign nationals.
There was a series of adverts, some blatant and others with slightly more subtle wording but all of them were basically claiming that they have a 100% MOT pass rate regardless of the vehicle condition. Most claimed to not even need to see the car. The service was door to door so they would meet you, take the relevant car details and they would return within 48 hours with a fresh MOT certificate. (I have been reliably told that these are valid MOT certs rather than just forged ones)
Some of them were even offering to tax the vehicle for a fee should you not have the correct insurance paperwork. (bent post office workers involved here I guess)
I know this sort of thing goes on but to blatantly advertise these services like this came as a bit of a shock. If VOSA got wise to this it would be so easy to set up a sting. It would take just one person to see the advert and not approve and they'd be up the creek without a paddle.
What would the likely sentence be I wonder, prison time or a slap on the wrists and a fine? I'm guessing that the penalties are pretty lenient or they wouldn't have the front to do this.
There was a series of adverts, some blatant and others with slightly more subtle wording but all of them were basically claiming that they have a 100% MOT pass rate regardless of the vehicle condition. Most claimed to not even need to see the car. The service was door to door so they would meet you, take the relevant car details and they would return within 48 hours with a fresh MOT certificate. (I have been reliably told that these are valid MOT certs rather than just forged ones)
Some of them were even offering to tax the vehicle for a fee should you not have the correct insurance paperwork. (bent post office workers involved here I guess)
I know this sort of thing goes on but to blatantly advertise these services like this came as a bit of a shock. If VOSA got wise to this it would be so easy to set up a sting. It would take just one person to see the advert and not approve and they'd be up the creek without a paddle.
What would the likely sentence be I wonder, prison time or a slap on the wrists and a fine? I'm guessing that the penalties are pretty lenient or they wouldn't have the front to do this.
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