A cabbie caught on speed cameras tried to avoid a driving ban by blaming an innocent soldier who was abroad serving his country.
Mohammed Akram, 50, paid a man to steal the identity of the serviceman, who returned from his tour of duty to find himself banned from driving.
The court heard Akram, a driver with Leeds private hire firm Arrow, was caught speeding twice by cameras in the Horsforth area of city.
The six-point penalty would have cost him his licence, but a work colleague told him £400 could "solve his problem."
Leeds Magistrates' Court heard how Akram then handed over the speeding tickets to a third man and they were returned to police under the soldier's name.
The soldier reported the matter after returning to the UK to find his licence revoked and the matter was traced back to Akram, who was charged with perverting the course of justice.

He was handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence and 100 hours community service by a crown court judge in April this year.
Akram, of Lower Rishton Road, Bradford, then had his taxi licence revoked by Leeds City Council, but was able to continue working as a driver until his appeal against the local authority's decision was held yesterday.
Magistrates upheld the decision and ordered him to return his taxi driver's badge to the council, ruling his integrity and judgment were not of the required standard.
Des Broster, principal licensing officer for the council, said the decision to revoke the licence was taken as soon as police told the council about the offence.
He told the court: "I consider the level of deceit to be so serious that no exception should be made in this case.

"One of the key factors for me is the level of deceit. As council officers we have a duty under act of parliament and local government provisions to ensure compliance of standards.
"If someone is to lie to the police and provide the courts with false information the council does not have a hope of getting someone to comply with enforcement criteria."
Akram, a father of two, had held his taxi licence for only 12 months when he was caught speeding in summer 2005.
He said he felt like his "life was over" until a workmate approached him the car park of the taxi firm in Horsforth and told him he could get round the problem.
When asked by solicitor Andrew Vickers that he must have known something illegal would be done, Akram replied "I knew something would be done but never to this extent.
"I thought that he might know a high-ranking person. At that time it was very difficult for me to assume that something illegal was taking place. I was paying to stay in my job."

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