![]() ![]() In response to queries, the police said they are aware of car sharing accounts and fake driving licences being sold on platforms such as Telegram. In another case in January 2022, a 17-year-old boy used his mother’s Tribecar account to rent a car, and then got into an accident. On July 11, an underage driver who bought a GetGo account to ferry passengers from Telegram group SG Hitch was sentenced to probation.Īnother offender used her mother's Singpass account to create a Tribecar account, and then rented and drove cars without a licence. Several cases of unauthorised use of car sharing accounts have made the news in recent years. Two websites and four Telegram accounts were peddling fake driving licences that can be delivered to customers within nine days, with prices ranging from S$400 to S$550 for digital licences and S$800 to S$850 for both physical and digital licences. Sellers who spoke to TODAY claimed to have helped “more than 100” customers. Over the past three weeks, TODAY found six listings offering fake driving licences and 11 listings selling car sharing accounts, and spoke to them undercover.Ĭar sharing account sellers charge their customers between S$200 and S$520, with prices differing for each type of account under the various car sharing companies, including BlueSG, Drive lah, GetGo and Tribecar. SINGAPORE - For several years now, shady operators on Telegram have been offering ways to help people who are not qualified to drive to circumvent the law, such as by selling car sharing accounts for them to rent cars, or providing them with forged driving licences. ![]()
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