Google 'is hosting ads that charge for free services'

Google is hosting adverts for unofficial services like applying for a visa that charge vastly inflated amounts, a BBC investigation has revealed. The search engine returned ads for services charging £50 to change an address on a driving licence – something that can be done for free on the government's website. Applying for an ESTA travel permit on the US government's website should cost no more than £10 ($14). But Google'repeatedly' allowed ads for websites charging more than £58 ($80) for an ESTA, the BBC found. Adverts for unofficial services selling government documents are against Google's own rules.