Chinese interpreter jailed for helping learner drivers cheat on theory tests
Published: 2013 August 06 08:01:07 (5227 Views)
A Chinese interpreter has been jailed for a year after she helped more than 100 learner drivers cheat on their theory tests.
Allyson Ng, 45, gave Mandarin speakers the answers to multiple-choice questions when they hired her to translate the written part of the UK driving test.
A court heard she charged £110 and told candidates when to use "dui", Mandarin for "yes", on Highway Code questions.
Andy Rice, the Driving Standards Agency's head of fraud, said: "This sentence sends a clear message that driving test fraud is a serious offence and will be dealt with accordingly."
Officials became suspicious of Ng when they noted how many Chinese candidates hired her.
Investigators listened to recordings of 27 of her translations and found they were all fraudulent.
The agency believes some candidates never bothered to learn the Highway Code because they knew Ng would get them through.
It is currently tracing 94 people who used Ng to pass their theory test in Cardiff.
They face having to sit their whole driving test again.
At the city's crown court, Ng admitted making fraudulent translations. But she is not the first crooked driving test interpreter to be exposed.
Mandarin translator Peter Hui, 55, of Birmingham, was last month jailed for a year for pulling off the same scam.
He is thought to have raked in up to £100,000.
The theory test is available in 21 languages. Mandarin is not one of them so candidates are allowed a translator.
- Mirror
Allyson Ng, 45, gave Mandarin speakers the answers to multiple-choice questions when they hired her to translate the written part of the UK driving test.
A court heard she charged £110 and told candidates when to use "dui", Mandarin for "yes", on Highway Code questions.
Andy Rice, the Driving Standards Agency's head of fraud, said: "This sentence sends a clear message that driving test fraud is a serious offence and will be dealt with accordingly."
Officials became suspicious of Ng when they noted how many Chinese candidates hired her.
Investigators listened to recordings of 27 of her translations and found they were all fraudulent.
The agency believes some candidates never bothered to learn the Highway Code because they knew Ng would get them through.
It is currently tracing 94 people who used Ng to pass their theory test in Cardiff.
They face having to sit their whole driving test again.
At the city's crown court, Ng admitted making fraudulent translations. But she is not the first crooked driving test interpreter to be exposed.
Mandarin translator Peter Hui, 55, of Birmingham, was last month jailed for a year for pulling off the same scam.
He is thought to have raked in up to £100,000.
The theory test is available in 21 languages. Mandarin is not one of them so candidates are allowed a translator.
- Mirror
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