Aberdeen Sheriff Court
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Criminal
#17 Civil Enforcement Ltd SCS/2015-025464 AB14012607 Court 1A
Civil Enforcement Ltd (CEL) is being prosecuted for:
One count of operating a fraudulent scheme
and
11 counts under the consumer contract regulations.
This is an initial hearing which CEL are unlikely to attend. However the Procurator Fiscal has indicated that if they do not attend, warrants will be issued for the arrest and detention of directors so that they can be brought before the court.
Prankster Note
It might well be hard to find an actual director of CEL, what with a dormant shell company and a South African hired name as apparent straw man. The Prankster suggests getting in touch with Ashley Cohen and Gary Wayne to see if they know of the real people in charge.
They don't muck about in Scotland! CEL have been abusing the English court system for years, and despite numerous complaints have been getting away with it. They dipped a toe over the border and now are well and truly in the system.
Happy Parking
The Parking Prankster
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ReplyDeleteNER NER NER NER!
ReplyDeleteAt last the most egregious pair of scammers in PPC land might face their a just outcome.
Ashley "10 Jobs" Cohen has been falsifying "witness statements" at POPLA since time immemororial with the apparent blessing of BPA Ltd who do not like POPLA to report the wrongdoing of its members to them for sanctions despite it being in the COP for POPLA.
However both Ashley and Gary Wayne should not be threatened they are so unattractive to either sex that dropping the soap in the showers should not be a problem for them.
I hope they both enjoy their time in the Barlinnie special units with all the other low lifes. I am sure the other inmates will soon create a charging scheme for biscuits or favours that replicates the antics of CEL on the outside
regards
Roger
Toothbrush Time :D
ReplyDeleteThe wit.ess statements I recieved from Parking Eye, had a whiff about them. Slight differences in forats led me to believe they weren't all they seemed to be.
ReplyDelete"formats" even.
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ReplyDeleteA case in Scotland should be persuasive in England too in similar circumstances.
I know of one PPP'er who was ticketed by them in a local authority controlled street in Newcastle outside the Arena. The OP didn't take police action although he was strongly advised to do so.
A gulity verdict should also bar them from being a member of an ATA.
I am sure the BPA Ltd will have a proper address for the Directors because they conducted due diligence.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course the DVLA would nt dream of releasing our personal data to people whom they had no trace of - would they?
"A gulity verdict should also bar them from being a member of an ATA."
ReplyDeleteThat didn't happen to OPC when they were found guilty in Wolverhampton. They are still on the BPA Ltd AOS list.
11 counts under which Act specifically?
ReplyDeleteNot under any general UK acts (Road Traffic laws or regulations) but as the charges are attempted fraud it will be under Scottish criminal law such as the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the Criminal Law (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 1995 or an equivalent.
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ReplyDeleteThe road to Aberdeen is a long and winding road, from which there is noooo return..... hopefully!
ReplyDeleteHere we go again - they're up again on 31st March!
ReplyDeleteNext hearing on 29th September then the case hearing on 12th January 2016.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be a not so happy Xmas to some then.
Hopefully they will realise the serious nature of Scottish criminal law. 'Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining'!
DeleteWill follow this case with interest as a similar Scottish company called Town and Country Parking got their fingers burnt in a Scottish court a few years back
What fraud charges are they facing? What exactly did they do wrong? Could these same practices they are using be seen as fraud in the uk? Are they in trouble with uk law or scottish only law
ReplyDeleteSending misleading letters. The letters are possibly accurate in England and Wales, but misleading in Scotland as the law is different there. Therefore they are at this time only in trouble in Scotland.
DeleteCharged with fraudulently misleading the driver by sending threatening letters referring to The Protections and Freedoms Act 2012, section 56, Recovery of unpaid parking charges, knowingly doing so that this Act does not apply to Scotland, ergo, fraud under Scots law.
DeleteThats good news if they are found guilty but who will go to jail? I think company will just go bust and disapear
DeleteErm am i missing something? Why did dvla provide keeper details of people in scotland when they know/ should know the keeper cannot be persued under pofa2012.
DeleteErm am i missing something? Why did dvla provide keeper details of people in scotland when they know/ should know the keeper cannot be persued under pofa2012.
DeleteThe operator is allowed to pursue the keeper on the grounds they were the driver. The burden of proof is of course, on them. A wise operator would take photos of the driver.
DeleteAnd of course, if the operator saw the driver, he could warn them that they were potentially going to be ticketed unless they moved on. Yeah,,,,, like they would.
DeleteToothbrushes come in many guises.
But as these tickets are usually put on windscreens when the car is empty this is a moot point. Any driver would move off before the ticket could be issued, however many of these operators uses CCTV to capture car numbers and issue tickets to the registered keeper.
DeleteBy the way as a Scotsman who frequently holidays in England I can't help noticing that there is still a plethora of signs claiming that cars parked on private land will be clamped and a penalty notice will be issued.
Section 54 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 makes clamping a criminal offence so these notices are now probably illegal.