Garage owners and testers face prison for MOT fraud

MOT certificates were issued for cars that had never been tested on the premises, Crown Court hears

Garage owners and testers face prison for MOT fraud
DVSA send out strong message for those who try to defraud the system.

The garage owners of Kyhber and Berbice Garage in Southall and two of its MOT testers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to fraudulently issue MOT certificates.

Shorab Jadunandan and Sanjay Spolia who were the registered owners of the garage employed Graham Cahill and Olayinka Fadayomi as MOT testers.

A DVSA investigation revealed that more than 4000 MOT certificates had been issued by the MOT tester Graham Cahill even though he had not worked for the company since 2003.

As a result, Kyhber and Berbice Garage lost its authorisation to carry out MOT tests.

On March 7, 2016 at Southwark Crown Court Jadunandan and Fadayomi were each sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment.

Cahill was sentenced to 16 months and Spolia six months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years.

Cahill was also ordered to undertake 100 hours of unpaid work.

Andrew Rice, head of investigations for the DVSA, said: “The annual MOT is an important aspect of road safety and DVSA will pursue and prosecute those who defraud the system by issuing pass certificates without carrying out the test.”

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4 Comments

  1. Why did it take VOSA 4000 tests to find this out! could cut backs have anything to do with it……..

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  2. Why did it take VOSA 4000 tests to find this out! could cut backs have anything to do with it……..

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  3. Hi, with all the DVSA cutbacks, then this is the thing that is going to happen. The bad guys will increase in number, just like the ones selling part worn tyres, “while the cats away” as they say. Thanks Eric Roberts http://www.pellonautocentre.com

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  4. Hi, with all the DVSA cutbacks, then this is the thing that is going to happen. The bad guys will increase in number, just like the ones selling part worn tyres, “while the cats away” as they say. Thanks Eric Roberts http://www.pellonautocentre.com

    Reply

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