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Trading Standards Officers investigate a multi-million-pound driving school after hundreds of learners are left out of pocket. Meanwhile, police close in on Covid fraudsters.

Trading Standards Officers investigate a multi-million-pound driving school after hundreds of learner drivers complain that they haven鈥檛 got the lessons they paid for. Seventeen-year-old Harry Burton is among them. Harry booked an intensive course of lessons and paid a 拢400 deposit up front. But he got nothing in return.

When the UK went into lockdown, many of us feared for our health and our livelihoods. But to the criminals, the spread of Covid-19 wasn鈥檛 so much a crisis as an opportunity. They started sending out bogus text messages claiming to be from the NHS, tricking people into handing over their bank details. Now, a specialist police unit is closing in on these fraudsters and bringing them to justice. Over a 12-month period, more than 30,000 Covid-related scams have been successfully stopped.

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Mon 27 Sep 2021 10:00

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Series Editor David Warren
Executive Producer Gerard Melling
Production Company Tomos TV

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