Hundreds of London minicabs could be 'working illegally'
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceHundreds of London minicab drivers may be working fraudulently after buying qualifications, the BBC has found.
Under the cab application process, along with a criminal record check and medical test, drivers must sit a topographical exam and an English test at one of eight official TfL testing centres. The researcher, who had neither attended any classes nor completed an exam, received a BTec level two certificate in Introduction to the Role of the Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver.
During undercover filming Gerti Qamili, a college manager, bragged he had helped"over 300 students" fraudulently achieve the qualification.He warned the researchers"not to tell anyone that someone does the test for you".
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