Year-long sting operation nets traffic cops involved in driver license exam fraud (South Africa)
The cops received text messages with names of paid-up customers. When those customers appeared to take the test, they were given a crib sheet with the test answers.
The story illustrates the adage that security is more easily breached when inside than when outside the organization.
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Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the arrests this morning of two traffic officers and a civilian in a joint sting operation between Worcester Crime Intelligence and his department's Compliance Monitoring Unit.
All three faced charges of corruption and fraud, which, if they are convicted, could see them jailed for 'a very long time.'
‘The two traffic officers were allegedly issuing learners' licences in return for a share of R$2,500, which was paid to the runner. The runner would sms to the examiners the details of the member of the public that had paid the money, while the examiners are then alleged to have given crib notes to those that had paid.
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