{"id":83631,"date":"2026-01-16T16:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83631"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:08:16","slug":"unqualified-driving-instructor-who-helped-almost-50-learners-pass-admits-fraud-and-must-pay-6000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/16\/unqualified-driving-instructor-who-helped-almost-50-learners-pass-admits-fraud-and-must-pay-6000\/","title":{"rendered":"Unqualified driving instructor who helped almost 50 learners pass admits fraud and must pay \u00a36,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1UlJyj.img?w=534&amp;h=536&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Joanne Sharples (pictured) boasted of having a 'passion for teaching' and being 'patient, calm and understanding' with learners\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A married mother-of-three who masqueraded as a qualified driving instructor has been convicted of fraud &#8211; despite helping almost 50 learners to pass their tests.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/unqualified-driving-instructor-who-helped-almost-50-learners-pass-admits-fraud-and-must-pay-6-000\/ar-AA1Um048?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=e72066c0dac140229c0489d3edb32402&amp;ei=56\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A married mother-of-three who masqueraded as a qualified driving instructor has been convicted of fraud &#8211; despite helping almost 50 learners to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joanne-Sharples.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83633,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83631\/revisions\/83633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}