ATTN SA Members, watch for this guy

[MarkR33]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...%5E1702,00.html

" SOUTH Australian customs broker who tricked a car importer into presenting false customs documents, has been fined $3100 and ordered to pay $35,000 in costs.

Ian Anthony Clarke, 59, from suburban Broadview had been found guilty of three offences relating to evading duty on an imported vehicle earlier this month.

Acting on behalf of a private car importer, Clarke told his client he had paid the appropriate duty and tax required.

The client paid Clarke for his services as well as the duty and tax on the car.

Clarke then gave his client customs documents belonging to a similar car on which the duty and tax had been paid, with instructions to present these documents at the warehouse to collect his vehicle.

The man presented the false documents, collected his car and took it to get repaired while Clarke kept the duty and tax.

His action was discovered by an alert customs officer who was undertaking routine checks on cargo movements, the customs service said today.

Clarke appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court earlier this month and was found guilty of failing to keep commercial documents, moving goods subject to customs control and with evading the payment of duty.

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[TIMMMAYYY]

pwned

but really.. $3100 fine is a slap on the wrist and thats it.

$35k in costs though, w00t!

[MarkR33]

i reckon 35k wow , they seem to deal out harsh penalties for customs breaches and violations, 35k in costs, do things by the book i think its the only way

[Nightcrawler]

I wonder if the person caught used to have a car yard on Anzac Highway, but now sells cars out of a crash repair place on Mullers Road? Hmmmm .... it all catches up with you in the end ....

[gatty]

wow, thats some BIG court costs - dam those barrasters

[VL-TRBO-RB20]

all i can say is karma! he did the dodgy n got farked in the a$$