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I suppose that could be an effective punishment, even if it is a little unusual.
A monetary fine may mean little to a benefits scammer, and prison is obviously a silly punishment, particularly when prisons are in the shambolic and overcrowded state they're in now.
When you drive, it's a big part of your life (or maybe that's just my perspective, living in rural Northumberland where my "public transport" is a twice-weekly 50 minute shuttle-bus to Hexham that's prone to breakdowns), the threat of that being taken away would be a pretty huge deterrent in my view.
Not only that, it seems a lot more 'real' than the threat of prison. People hear prison and they think "pshhhh, I won't go to prison! That's for real criminals, and I'm a good person really!". Comparatively, a driving licence being taken away feels like something that can happen to anyone. You think "oh shit that could actually happen to me".
I just worry about possible knock-on effects. Ability to drive is useful in job-hunting for example.