Fraudulent MOT tester gets suspended jail term and five-year testing ban

Former employer alerted DVSA after 31 MOT certificates were issued without inspection

Fraudulent MOT tester gets suspended jail term and five-year testing ban
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A Taunton-based MOT tester has been handed an eight-month suspended jail sentence for issuing 31 MOT certificates without inspection.

Anton Fricker pled guilty to committing fraud by dishonestly making a false representation by issuing an MOT certificate without performing an MOT test, intending to make a gain for himself or another, at Taunton Magistrates’ Courts in July and has this week been sentenced at Taunton Crown Court.

Thr false certificates were issued between 26 August and 18 October, 2021 in Taunton and Yeovil.

Fricker’s former employer alerted to DVSA to the issue.

Having initially denied the offences, when presented with DVSA evidence, Fricker admitted to the counts and to having received payment for the fraudulent MOTs.

Fricker was sentenced to an eight-month custodial sentence, suspended for 15 months.

He was ordered to carry out 150 hrs of unpaid work and 25 rehabilitation days and ordered to pay a £500 contribution towards prosecution costs.

He was also banned from MOT testing for five years by DVSA.

Marian Kitson, DVSA’s director of enforcement, said: “DVSA’s priority is protecting you from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

“Mr. Fricker issued MOT certificates to vehicles without having tested them.

“He was not only defrauding the MOT system, but he was also defrauding the public who rightly expect the MOT to help keep them and their families safe whilst using the roads.

“MOT testers hold a position of trust and Fricker abused that trust.

“We will ensure that anyone who compromises safety in pursuit of personal gain feels the full force of the law.”

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6 Comments

  1. Should never be allowed test again.

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  2. Why only a suspended sentence ? He potentially put peoples’ lives at risk, he should be banned from testing for life.

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  3. this should be a wake up call to the government about the two year MOT can you imagen what would happen with the two year gap more deaths on our roads

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  4. No deteritent.

    If was vat fraud would 100% be in goal. Gaol even

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  5. Yeah right they can’t stop them testing after their sentence is up DVSA can get sued its NOT right though

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  6. Sorry I need to comment on this statement:-
    “He was not only defrauding the MOT system, but he was also defrauding the public who rightly expect the MOT to help keep them and their families safe whilst using the roads.
    > DVSA get paid regardless of how an MOT is obtained
    > Its proberly the public how asked him for the dodgey MOT anyway
    Im all for doing the right thing and yes saftey comes first ran my own MOT station for 35 years and the amount of times I was asked by the so called public to do a dodgey test was unbelivable was even offered £500 for a test where the car was abroad easy money for some.

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