Some people are willing to pay up to 2,000 euros to be supplanted and pass the driving license theoretical exam. And there are also those who are willing to make a living supplanting applicants for the theory test. This is demonstrated by an operation carried out by the National Police in which four people, between 37 and 50 years of age, have been arrested for an alleged crime of identity theft.
Specifically, the National Police have arrested two applicants for a driving license, both residents of San Sebastián and Nigerian nationals, and two alleged impersonators, from Pakistan and residents of Navarra and l’Hospitalet de Llobregat. The latter would have traveled to the Gipuzkoan towns of Beasain and Azpeitia, supplanting the real applicants, who had paid to have the theoretical test done, as reported by the National Police in a statement.
In addition to this case of impersonation, during one of the theoretical exams another fraud attempt was detected, unrelated to these facts.
The examiners detected that another applicant used an electronic device made up of a Wi-Fi router, a portable external battery, a micro-camera located on his shirt, and a small-sized telephone through which he received responses via vibrations in the form of Morse code.
If the answer to the question asked was option A, he received one vibration, if it was B, he got two, and if it was C, they gave him three vibrations.
The investigators learned that this man, a Moroccan national, paid 2,000 euros for the service, for which reason the investigations are currently continuing to locate the individuals who participated in the events.
