Reply to post: Re: Strewth

0ops. 1,OOO-plus parking fine refunds ordered after drivers typed 'O' instead of '0'

Adrian 4

Re: Strewth

Two things follow from the registration number formatting rules.

1. Entering O instead of 0 cause an easily detectable invalid number. This could be immediately reported by either the app or the front-end system and the sale refused.

2. It's also therefore trivial to self-correct the data entry.

Since neither of these were done, the parking authority took money for an invalid sale. This is fraud.

The lawyers for the drivers did an extremely bad job in only getting a refund. They should have got a prosecution for fraud for the mis-sale of parking permission, and embezzlement for proceding to a fine.

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