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COUPLE WARN OF STOLEN DVLA FORMS

A couple left £14,500 out of pocket by unwittingly buying a stolen vehicle say more must be done to warn motorists thieves are using "genuine" DVLA forms.

Tim and Julie Burden said the Land Rover had a V5 logbook and they have since been told up to 80,000 of the blank documents are in criminal hands.

The vehicle was seized from their Neath home shortly after they bought it.

The DVLA said it had "repeatedly issued public warnings" about the forms, which can give vehicles false identities.

Mr Burden, a builder, said he and his wife had saved for 10 years to buy the Land Rover which was advertised as second hand in an a motor trade magazine.

Before going through the purchase he said he paid to have security checks on the vehicle and made sure it had a V5 form.

"The thieves had done a very good job - including providing a genuine DVLA logbook," he explained.

He said he had subsequently been told a batch of 80,000 of the blank forms, rejected due to slight discolouration, had gone missing.

"I have been led to believe they have found their way into the hands of criminals, en-route back to the printers, where they should have been destroyed.

"The potential risk to the second car market is obvious."

He added: "The rightful owner has been paid out the insurance, and the criminal has the cash.

"I, as an innocent party, am left with the no car, no money and the uncomfortable feeling that honesty and hard work count for nothing."

The BBC news website has put all the couple's claims to the DVLA.

The agency would also not confirm or deny 80,000 documents were in criminal hands.

In statement it said: ""DVLA does sympathise with any member of the public who unwittingly buys a stolen vehicle.

"We are working closely with the police to prevent abuse of the vehicle registration system and repeatedly issued public warnings about these documents."

This includes issuing the serial number ranges to all newspapers, post offices, DVLA local offices, police forces, motoring and car sale magazines and vehicle data checking companies.

"We also provide advice on buying and selling vehicles at www.direct.gov.uk/motoring to help those buying a vehicle better protect themselves," said a spokesman.

On its website the DVLA lists the serial numbers of stolen V5 documents and warns motorists if they come across a match to call police.

Mrs Burden said the serial number on the certificate her husband was given with the Land Rover did not match those the agency was warning about on its website.

A survey by the DVLA last year found 23% of motorists in Wales did not know what a V5 certificate was for, and half would not know how to check if a V5C is genuine.

But 23% used a car checking service when buying a second had car.



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