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Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) takes compliance and enforcement action against traders in areas such as building, credit, fair trading, not-for-profit, licensed occupations, residential tenancy and real estate.
Current court actions
Following is a list of current court actions.
Previous Court Actions:
July 2009
March 2009 to June 2009
January & February 2009
December 2008
October to November 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
April to June 2008
January to March 2008
| Who: | Imad Numan |
| Action: | Criminal Proceedings – Melbourne Magistrates Court |
| Offence: | Mr Numan was not licensed to trade in cars; he advertised five motor cars for sale in the Trading Post.
He replaced a speedometer cluster in one of the cars and advertised the odometer reading for this car at 69,000 kms below the original reading. He did not inform the purchaser, who relied on the accuracy of the odometer reading. |
| Date: | 11 August 2009 |
| Outcome: | Mr Numan was fined a total of $2,500 with conviction and ordered to pay CAV’s costs of $1,800. |
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| Who: | Zoran Mladenovski |
| Action: | Criminal Proceedings - Melbourne Magistrates Court |
| Offence: | An unregistered builder who entered into a major domestic building contract, not using the proper contract and charging excessive deposit. |
| Date: | 4 August 2009 |
| Outcome: | Mr Mladenovski was sentenced to a six month good behaviour bond without conviction and ordered to pay compensation to two consumers totalling $7,000. |
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