TOKYO: A 54-year-old Japanese was caught impersonating his 20-year-old son to take an exam, even getting a perm to make himself look younger, an official said on Wednesday (January 14th).
The father, who runs a medication distribution company, sat a test for a licence to handle over-the-counter drugs so that his son could work with him, said an official in Nara prefecture in western Japan.
An examiner noticed that the man looked unusually old, said local government official Masaaki Nakamori.
"A 20-year-old and a 54-year-old are aged differently. But he looked like the photo on the exam admission card," Nakamori said.
The father, whose name was not released, earned his own license last year, taking the exam with a photo showing him with straight hair and glasses.
"This time, he curled his hair and did not wear his glasses," Nakamori said.
The man put his face down intently near the desk as he took the exam, he said.
"When the test monitor approached him, he admitted it and apologised. He said, from the application process to actual testing, he did it all himself without telling his son," Nakamori said.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Shoplifter gets run over twice by her getaway car
CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA: Authorities are looking for a shoplifter who was run over twice by her getaway car after stealing $1,200 worth of designer purses from a Cape Coral store.
A T.J. Maxx security guard told police she saw a woman stuff six designer Dooney & Bourke purses into her pants Tuesday (January 13th) morning and walk out of the store. The guard said she was confronting the woman when a car pulled up.
A report said the shoplifter tried to get into the vehicle but fell out and was run over by the car. She then got up and jumped onto the hood of the car. As the car was driving away, the report said the woman fell off and was run over again. On her third attempt, she finally made it into the vehicle.
Police are using the car's license plate and a check the woman dropped to track her down.
A T.J. Maxx security guard told police she saw a woman stuff six designer Dooney & Bourke purses into her pants Tuesday (January 13th) morning and walk out of the store. The guard said she was confronting the woman when a car pulled up.
A report said the shoplifter tried to get into the vehicle but fell out and was run over by the car. She then got up and jumped onto the hood of the car. As the car was driving away, the report said the woman fell off and was run over again. On her third attempt, she finally made it into the vehicle.
Police are using the car's license plate and a check the woman dropped to track her down.
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