The lean times are upon us and many are looking for ways to cut a few corners and that's probably why an illegal car license scandal has been so successful. 7NEWS has confirmed that at least 500 fake license stickers have been stolen from the City Department of Traffic and the National Transport Office. These are being sold on the open market for as little as $50, about a fifth of the regular legal cost of a legal license. Also what makes the scam work is that it has reportedly been facilitated by corrupt employees of the City Traffic and National Transport Departments a number of whom have been charged, though that information has not been released by police.
Presently transport personnel and police are tracking down the fake license holders just by knowledge of the numbers on the licenses as a specific series of license stickers were stolen.
