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Business owner Bruno Elias found himself hit with 14 fines for illegal parking at the Wilson car park located at Adelaide University, despite having no knowledge of the area.
“I reviewed every single fine and realized they weren’t mine, as I had no idea where the 140A parking location at Adelaide University was,” Elias explained.
The situation escalated to the point where the government’s fines unit became involved.
“They were prepared to repossess my vehicles, revoke my registrations, and even suspend my driver’s license,” Elias recounted.
Upon investigation, Elias discovered that a Wilson car park employee, whom he was familiar with, was responsible for issuing the fraudulent fines.
The inspector had also targeted other people he knew.
“There’s five people that I know of in my friendship group that have got these fines,” he said.
The employee confessed to issuing the fines to meet what he called a daily fines quota.
“He basically said ‘they were easy rego numbers because I used to see them all the time’,” Elias said.
The employee allegedly entered innocent motorist’s number plates into the system, along with black photos as evidence.
“I think it’s a big problem and it needs to be investigated at the highest level because its not good enough,” Elias said.
According to Wilson an internal investigation is now under way and the employee involved has been sacked.
It said customers who were incorrectly issued sanctions had their fines cancelled.
The government fines unit told 9News it put all penalties on hold from the university car parks until they can be assured they were issued correctly.
Adelaide University says it acted swiftly, dismissing Wilson as a contractor.