Consumer Affairs Victoria

Carpet supplier Customweave and one of its officers have been fined $900 each for breaching the Fair Trading Act 1999, by failing to supply carpet to a customer within reasonable time after accepting a $4000 payment.

A Victorian tribunal has affirmed a decision against Fawkner car dealer Benjamin James Pty Ltd by the Motor Car Traders Claims Committee.

Melbourne Magistrate’s Court has imposed final injunctions against Dandy Performance Tyre & Auto Pty Ltd and its owners, restraining them from carrying on the business of trading in motor cars until licensed to do so under the Motor Car Traders Act 1986.

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has restrained the director of wholesale motor car trader Enging Galore Pty Ltd from buying, selling or exchanging vehicles with the public until licensed to do so.

Carrum Business Centre Pty Ltd and its sole director Judith Ann-Helena Smith were found to carry on a conveyancing business whilst unlicensed.

A Sunbury real estate business and one of its directors – who is also a licensed estate agent - have been fined a total of $22,000 for serious breaches of the Estate Agents Act 1980, including misleading price advertising or 'underquoting'.

Former South Melbourne car dealer Andrew John Anastassiou has been convicted and fined $20,000 for contraventions of the Motor Car Traders Act 1986.

An unregistered builder who accepted nearly $300,000 in payments from a couple, but failed to build their home, has been convicted and fined in Melbourne Magistrates' Court.

An unlicensed motor car trader has been convicted and fined $5000 after offering to sell 26 vehicles.

An unregistered builder who accepted nearly $18,000 in payments on two projects which he failed to complete has been convicted and ordered to pay more than $10,000 in compensation.

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has affirmed a decision by the a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Justice to refuse a company’s application for $31,000 compensation from the Victorian Property Fund.

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has imposed a civil pecuniary penalty of $100,000 on Hair Science International Pty Ltd (Hair Science) for making false claims that its treatment could regrow hair - when clients are actually given a hairpiece.

Licensed estate agent Charles Su has been fined $3500 for permitting two companies - Portal Property Group Pty Ltd and Su Property Group Pty Ltd - to carry on business as estate agents without a licence to do so.

An unregistered builder involved in a scheme in which he falsely claimed to be a registered builder by using the other’s qualifications, has been found guilty.

Three removalist companies and two individuals misled and deceived customers about the insurance applying to their services, Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has found.

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has restrained Kent Morgan and his business Morgan Realty Pty Ltd from operating as estate agents without holding a licence.

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has found that importer Mayman Pty Ltd breached an enforceable undertaking it gave to Consumer Affairs Victoria in January 2013 after more than 100 banned miniature motorbikes were seized from its business premises.

A Narre Warren man has been fined $600, without conviction, after admitting to unlicensed motor car trading by offering 28 vehicles for sale online, between 30 August 2011 and 11 November 2012.

Discount retailer Dimmeys Stores Pty Ltd, Starite Distributors Pty Ltd and the companies’ director, Douglas Edward Zappelli, have been ordered to pay $3.72 million for product safety breaches.

A builder has been fined $12,000 and ordered to pay compensation of more than $42,000 after carrying out work while unregistered.

Customweave Australia Pty Ltd and Frank Riccob - Court action

Benjamin James Pty Ltd – Court action

Dandy Performance Tyre & Auto Pty Ltd and Kirsty and Chris Naismith – Court action

Engine Galore Pty Ltd and Jean Georges Chbib - Court action

Carrum Business Centre Pty Ltd and Judith Ann-Helena Smith - Court action

Du Pont Sung International Properties Pty Ltd and Christine Parsons - Court action

Andrew John Anastassiou - Court action

Alejandro Narvaez-Contreras - Court action

Evangeline Maciula - Court action

David Christopher Stogiannou - Court action

Anfastar Pty Ltd - Court action

Hair Science International Pty Ltd, Steve Sindiris and Joseph Zwaigoft – Court action

Mr Charles Su, Portal Property Group Pty Ltd and Su Property Group Pty Ltd - Court action

Matthew Easton and Adrian Byers - Court actions

Superstar Removals and Cleaning P/L, Shine Removals P/L, Blue Rhino Removals and Transport P/L - Court action

Morgan Realty Pty Ltd and Kent Morgan - Court action

Mayman Pty Ltd - Court action

Syed Sarwari - Court action

Dimmeys Stores Pty Ltd, Starite Distributors Pty Ltd and Douglas Edward Zappelli - Court action

Guy Anderson - Court action