Chong Li Xu - Court action
A Doncaster man has been convicted and ordered to pay more than $14,000 for operating an illegal brothel in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
View ArticleAlbert Calladine - Court action
A trader who did sub-standard jobs spray sealing driveways and car parks in regional Victoria has been convicted, fined $14,000 and ordered to rectify his botched jobs or pay $83,750 compensation to...
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 ArticleEzzat Taleb - Court action
An Altona North car dealer has been convicted and fined $1000 for advertising cars for sale online without disclosing that he is a licensed motor car trader.
View ArticleBell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd - Court action
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has reprimanded Bell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd after the agency failed to comply with the dispute resolution process under the Estate Agents...
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 ArticleDW International Pty Ltd and Bo Hui Dong - Court action
A Moorabbin wholesaler has been ordered to recall and destroy 12 types of dangerous toys, after a Consumer Affairs Victoria inspection uncovered more than 1300 items which failed to comply with safety...
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 ArticleAnthony (Anton) Ray Stevens - Court action
A final injunction has been issued against Anthony (Anton) Ray Stevens to restrain him from fundraising without a licence.
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 ArticleBelow the Belt Group Pty Ltd - Court action
An internet business has been hit with restrictions to how it can trade after failing to supply orders of men’s underwear to 10 paying customers.
View ArticleAustralian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd (trading as Victorian Tourism Centre) and...
The Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down final orders against the travel company Australian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd, trading as Victorian Tourism Centre, and has ruled that it misled and deceived...
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 ArticleElias Abdulnour and A A Building Investments Pty Ltd - Court action
A Diamond Creek building business has been fined $20,000 and its sole director $15,000, after being convicted in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court of breaching the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995...
View ArticleBenjamin James Pty Ltd - Court action
A Fawkner used car trader has been given a 12-month good behaviour bond for selling a car that still had more than $28,000 owing on it to a finance company.
View ArticleAlejandro Narvaez-Contreras - Court action
An unregistered builder has been convicted and ordered to pay more than $6000 in fines and compensation, after taking thousands from homeowners for new timber floors that were never laid.
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.
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