| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Advertising Standards Authority upheld the Registrar General's complaint about private certificate sites implying they were the General Register Office | GOV.UK |
| October 2018 | A man who produced counterfeit driving licences, exam certificates and qualification cards was jailed for three years and eight months | Warwickshire County Council |
| 24 Feb 2020 | DVLA reported fraud reports up 20% to 1,538 in a quarter, naming fake penalty-point removal among the tactics | GOV.UK |
| 28 Feb 2023 | Zholia Alemi was jailed for seven years for forging a medical degree and working as an NHS psychiatrist for over 20 years | Court and prosecution reports (see our fake doctor cases guide) |
| 17 Jan 2024 | Which? reported 26 adverts for fake driving licences on Facebook and Instagram, which Meta removed | Which? |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Tanya Nasir was jailed for five years for lying about nursing qualifications to become a neonatal ward manager | Crown Prosecution Service (see fake nurse consequences) |
| Dec 2024 / Jan 2025 | A security guard was convicted for using a cloned SIA licence he bought for £300 | GOV.UK |
| 2024 to 2025 | CITB revoked 863 fraudulent CSCS cards in 2024 and 112 more in January to September 2025 | Local news report |
Dates are as given by the source. A case in our guides without a date here is one where our sources did not give a firm date; the guide says so.
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