Gatwick parking scam exposed
24.11.09
Trading standards officers have exposed a Gatwick parking scam, the Horley Life reports. West Sussex County Council Trading Standards Service took action after receiving complaints about a company that offered secure parking for airport users, then parked cars on the street.
A company called 'Gatwick Secure Parking' operated a website that offered: ‘Secure parking, six foot high fencing, and lockable gates.’ However, after receiving consumer complaints, trading standards officers wrote to the website operator, Resat Gundogdu, a restaurateur whose premises are in Peterhouse Parade, Pound Hill, Crawley, about the claims being made on the website.
When the officers saw the claims were still being made, they made a ‘test purchase’ with a car of their own. Over three days in January, the car remained in the same position with the same mileage reading outside the general parking area at Peterhouse Parade.
At Crawley Magistrates Court on November 16, Mr Gundogdu was sentenced to 140 hours community service after pleading guilty to an offence under the Fraud Act 2006. He was also ordered to pay the Trading Standards Service's costs of £836.
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