Private hire driver fined hundreds of pounds for blue badge fraud
A private hire taxi driver who used a fake blue badge to park in Croydon has been fined hundreds of pounds.
September 2019
May 2017
Motorist caught using dead mother’s blue-badge permit
A man whose mother had died a year previously was caught using her blue-badge disabled motorist permit, and then told officers that, far from being dead, she was at home.
After failing to appear before Croydon magistrates on […]
October 2016
Blue-badge applicants warned of unnecessary charges
Holders of parking permits for disabled people – blue badges – are being warned not to be taken in by companies that charge to complete online application forms.
Croydon Council is […]
April 2016
Photo-copied blue badge costs builder hundreds
A builder’s financial problems were worsened when he was fined for using a photocopy of his father’s disabled parking permit to avoid having to feed the meter while he worked in central Croydon.
Adam Mansfield, 42, of Rainham, […]
March 2016
Unofficial blue badge application site closed
Vulnerable drivers are being urged to remain vigilant to the threat of websites that promise to ease the blue badge application process but leave their clients high and dry, and out of pocket.
The warning comes in the […]
December 2015
Barrister fined for using dead mother’s blue badge
Two motorists who attempted to avoid paying parking charges by fraudulently using disabled “blue-badge” parking permits have been fined by Croydon magistrates.
Barrister Prithvijit Hoon displayed his dead mother’s disabled parking permit in his car as he worked […]
September 2015
Red light for blue-badge fraudsters with online form
The fight against blue-badge fraud is being stepped up in Croydon as national figures show that the number of disabled parking permits being stolen has risen by 167% over the past year.
The council has, this week, launched […]
February 2015
Web tech used in battle against blue-badge fraud
A smartphone app enabling on-the-spot checks is being piloted by Croydon Council enforcement officers as the authority steps up its fight against the misuse of disabled drivers’ blue badge parking permits.
In addition to catching those who deprive […]