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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by authority- WorkSafe Victoria €69,524 94 % · 1 case
- NSW Fair Trading €4,817 6 % · 3 cases
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €74,341 100 % · 2 cases
- Atom Motorss Pty Ltd – 0 % · 1 case
- OzCar Pty Ltd – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | €69,524 |
| 2024 | 1 | €4,817 |
| 2025 | 1 | – |
| 2026 | 1 | – |
4 cases
22 Jun 2026 OzCar Pty LtdUsed car dealer OzCar: reprimand and licence conditions over unfair sales practices Fine
NSW Fair Trading (the consumer protection regulator of New South Wales) reprimanded used car dealer OzCar Pty Ltd on 22 June 2026 and imposed conditions on its dealer licence. The regulator refers to the maximum available in disciplinary proceedings and does not state the amount imposed on the company. The investigation found a pattern of dishonest conduct between 2023 and 2025; among other things, customers reported being pressured into signing or misled about the purpose of contracts, that contracts were not properly explained – including to particularly vulnerable buyers – and that vehicles of unacceptable quality were sold. Among other things, the company must introduce a compliance programme with training for sales staff, may no longer allow waivers of the statutory cooling-off right to be pre-filled, and must fix defects affecting safety or reliability before sale.
Waivers of a cooling-off right must never be pre-selected, and contracts must be demonstrably explained to customers – especially vulnerable buyers.
Fair sales conversations, cooling-off rights and dealing with vulnerable customers
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 (NSW), s 45(1)(a), (b), (d) und (d1)(ii)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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17 Nov 2025 Atom Motorss Pty LtdNSW: car dealer Atom Motorss loses licence over false security interest information Other
NSW Fair Trading (the consumer protection regulator of New South Wales) cancelled the motor dealer licence of Atom Motorss Pty Ltd on 17 November 2025 and disqualified the company for five years. Measures against individuals are not set out here. According to the release, the company had traded as a motor dealer without a licence and, when selling vehicles to consumers, had given false information from the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR, the register of security interests in personal property) in the prescribed dealer forms.
Information on encumbrances on a vehicle must come from a current register search; false statements in dealer forms can cost the business its licence.
Accurate information on encumbrances and security interests when selling used cars
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 (NSW), s 45(1)(f) und (g); zugrunde liegende Verstöße gegen den Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 und das Australian Consumer Law
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 12 Mar 2026
- NSW Fair Trading: Disziplinarmaßnahme gegen Atom Motorss Pty Ltd (Mitteilung vom 12.03.2026) Press release of an authority
- Verify NSW (amtliches Lizenzregister), Motor Dealer's Licence MD095631, Atom Motorss Pty Ltd – Lizenzentzug und Sperre vom 17.11.2025 (JSON) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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9 Aug 2024 an Australian trailer manufacturerNSW: trailer maker convicted for failing to deliver paid-for trailers €4,817
Following a prosecution by NSW Fair Trading (the consumer protection regulator of New South Wales), Kempsey Local Court on 9 August 2024 fined the trailer maker 8,000 AUD after it had accepted 70,000 AUD from customers for custom trailers between 2020 and 2023 but failed to deliver them within a reasonable time or, in some cases, at all. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Anyone taking deposits must secure delivery or refund promptly – otherwise the company also faces criminal liability.
Taking prepayments only when delivery is secured, otherwise refunding promptly
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- Nichtlieferung bezahlter Waren (Vorschriften in der Mitteilung nicht genannt); Tätigkeit in der Kfz-Händlerbranche trotz Sperre
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 30 Aug 2024
Original amount 8,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Aug 2024.
- NSW Fair Trading, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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27 Sep 2023 an Australian car repair garageAustralian car repair garage: 115,000 AUD after fatal crash following 89 hours on call €69,524
The garage, which ran a roadside assistance service as a subcontractor of a motoring club, was fined 115,000 AUD by the County Court in Melbourne after a guilty plea for failing to provide a safe system of work and information or training to protect against fatigue. Both of its breakdown assistance drivers regularly spent 96 hours on call across four days and nights; in March 2018 one of them left the road and died after 89 hours on call and 17 hours of work, and traces at the scene suggested that he had fallen asleep while driving.
On-call duty must be limited by maximum shift lengths and minimum breaks so that employees can rest adequately between call-outs.
Fatigue from long on-call periods and working hours
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- WorkSafe Victoria
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Arbeitsschutzrecht Victoria: Pflicht zu sicheren Arbeitssystemen sowie zu Information, Unterweisung und Schulung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 27 Sep 2023
Original amount 115,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Sep 2023.
- WorkSafe Victoria, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 27 Sep 2025 · Direct link