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Bilbao Driving-Test Candidate Caught Using Microcamera Faces €500 Fine and Six-Month Ban

Police detected the scheme during a targeted anti-fraud control at Bilbao’s traffic office.

Overview

  • UCRIF officers from the National Police carried out a specific control focused on free applicants of foreign nationality at the Jefatura de Tráfico on Calle Barroeta Aldamar.
  • The candidate, a Spanish national of foreign origin, drew attention for visibly nervous behavior, including a rigid posture and holding the test sheets upright.
  • Examiners reported he answered three questions on the computer, then blocked the system and asked to continue on paper, which raised suspicion.
  • After the exam, officers requested identification and a frisk revealed a microcamera adhered to his sweatshirt that was connected to a mobile phone.
  • A DGT official issued an administrative sanction of €500 and a six-month suspension from retaking the test, with authorities framing the case within broader efforts against document fraud, identity usurpation and technological cheating.