Infolio Corp Pty Ltd - Court action
Melbourne Magistrate’s Court has granted final orders against South Melbourne real estate agency Infolio Corp Pty Ltd and its former director Cameron Deal to restrain them from operating as a real...
View ArticleIhsan El-Chakik - Court action
An unregistered builder from Taylors Lakes has been convicted, fined $500 and ordered to pay court costs of nearly $900.
View ArticleKelly Falls Pty Ltd - Court action
A Mornington car dealer has been convicted and fined $3000 for misleading advertising of cars online and failing to identify a business as a licensed motor car trader in advertisements.
View ArticleJM Nicholas Contractor Services Pty Ltd and David Dick - Court action
A building company and one of its officers have been convicted, fined a total of $20,000 and ordered to repay more than $10,000 to a customer after breaching the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995...
View ArticlePR Truck Sales Pty Ltd - Court action
A Swan Hill truck dealer has been ordered to pay nearly $50,000 in penalties for selling a Kenworth truck that had a loan of more than $100,000 owing on it.
View ArticleWayne Sweeney and Associates (Footscray) Pty Ltd and Dean Johnson - Court action
Consumer Affairs Victoria has succeeded in having final injunctions made against a Footscray real estate office branch and an agent, to restrain them from breaching the Estate Agents Act 1980 and the...
View ArticleLoretta Pavlovic - Court action
Online vehicle broker Loretta Pavlovic, 47, has been convicted and fined $5000 in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for unlicensed motor car trading.
View ArticleMary-Anne Costales - Court action
The former co-director of a roof repair company, Master Roof Pty Ltd, has lost an appeal against a $25,000 fine for breaches of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 and the Fair Trading Act 1999.
View ArticlePhillip Stefano – Court action
A Geelong man has been fined $3000 for advertising more than 10 motor vehicles online without being a licensed motor car trader.
View ArticleKarl Dimitri Kachami - Court action
A Fitzroy rooming house operator has been put on a 12-month good behaviour bond after admitting to breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
View ArticleWestgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd - Court action
Hoppers Crossing scrap metal business Westgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd has been restrained from operating as an unlicensed motor car trader.
View ArticleH & C Trading Pty Ltd and Damon Hong Chiang Tan - Court action
Moorabbin importer and wholesaler H & C Trading Pty Ltd and its director, Damon Hong Chiang Tan, have been ordered to stop selling dangerous children’s toys and to pay for the publication of public...
View ArticleKurtis Thiele - Court action
An unregistered Lysterfield builder who performed shoddy driveway concreting and brick work at a home in Ferntree Gully has been fined $3000.
View ArticleLaurence Glynne Hann and Vicki Ann Lowe - Court action
The promoters of a bogus business opportunity have been sentenced to suspended jail terms for failing to comply with court orders.
View ArticleTradies Online Australia Pty Ltd and Darren Chant - Court action
Convicted unlicensed builders Tradies Online Australia Pty Ltd and one of its directors, Darren Chant, have been ordered to pay $28,000 compensation to a consumer and fines of $5000 each.
View ArticleJohn Barresi - Court action
A former real estate agent has been ordered to pay $10,000 to the court fund after pleading guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to 28 charges relating to breaches of the Estate Agents Act 1980...
View ArticleLaurel Shirlee Heath - Court action
A real estate agent’s representative has been put on a 12-month good behaviour bond, including 150 hours of unpaid community work, after pleading guilty to 68 breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act...
View ArticleJohn Richard Edwards and Highwired Pty Ltd, trading as Stuff@Bong-O-Mania -...
The sole director of Windsor shop Bong-O-Mania has been fined $1500 over the seizure of 122 ice pipes.
View ArticleMark Crellin and Impact Building and Electrical Pty Ltd - Court action
An unregistered building company and its director have been fined $35,000 and received a criminal conviction for failing to complete major renovations and roofing work for two Victorian families.
View ArticleKhai Truong – Court action
Melbourne Magistrate’s Court has ordered a landlord to pay a $400 fine for failing to lodge a tenant’s bond with the Residential Tenancies Bond Authority within 10 business days of receiving it.
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