Hypertetical Question

Dave101t

those fake plates officer? i must of accidently put them on!
and that body in the boot, he must of tripped, landed on the button, slid in, the boot closed automatically and i didnt see any of it!

Padz_2

Going to make a generalisation here. The type of person who would consider this type of fraud is probably not a very good driver and will therefore make a few errors of the type which might make a following cop car do a moving vehicle check e.g. speeding, not stopping at a stop sign but rolling over it slowly as if it were a give way, overtakes which cross the solid white line , using a mobile etc. or even something as simple as a bulb out.

At that point the make and model of the car won't match and the numpty will get pulled over. A close inspection of the car will probably reveal worn tyres and other mechanical defects. Thus scrote has dug himself (got to be a bloke) a bigger hole by trying to avoid speeding fines or paying insurance or whatever the scam is that he's trying on.

George_Michael

Not fraud but perverting the course of justice.

It probably would be fraud as it falls perfectly into the description of fraud in the Fraud act.

Fraud by false representation

(1)A person is in breach of this section if he—

(a)dishonestly makes a false representation, and

(b)intends, by making the representation—

(i)to make a gain for himself or another, or

(ii)to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss.

(2)A representation is false if—

(a)it is untrue or misleading, and

(b)the person making it knows that it is, or might be, untrue or misleading.

shaun_from_Africa

You might well do if the police or CPS consider that the reason for fitting false plates was in order to avoid things such as the congestion charge, speeding fines or other penalties that could be imposed by ANPR systems.

To be guilty of fraud you don't have to make a gain, simply have the intention of doing so.