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    No, Ross, you're not the only one. In law this is a criminal offence, I think it comes under the heading of "Acquiring Goods or Services by deception" and attracts a maximum custodial sentence of 2 years. It is a ludicrous penalty for something I would assume many, many people do when trying to land a job they want - it's a punishment out of all proportion to the offence and needs reviewing or repealing.

    But by no means is this the first prosecution for this offence, Paul. I know of at least three people prosecuted for this exact same offence. Two of them were fined and in the case of the third, a friend of mine from London days, he received a 9-month suspended sentence. On the very day he was up in court, The Sun printed a splash story about a used car dealer whose CV resembled Howard's Booker Prize entry; he landed a top job with Nissan UK and a salary that read like a cricket score, and was only found out when a former customer recognised him. I believe he was likewise prosecuted and got the maximum 2 years.

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