The Washington Department of Ecology (WDE) has fined Home Depot $1.6 million for selling banned hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) products. WDE said that despite nearly two years of attempts to bring the company into compliance, the retailer continued to sell these restricted items. HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases mainly used in refrigeration and air conditioning. When these […]
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Tesco fined over Clubcard price display practices
Tesco has been fined after pleading guilty to failing to comply with consumer protection laws concerning the display of prices. The supermarket was fined €1,000 for failing to include unit pricing on Clubcard promotional shelf-edge labels. The display of unit prices is required by law in order to allow consumers to more easily compare similar […]
Firm fined for selling China-made cars as Italian
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy. DR Automobiles misleading market cars as being produced in Italy, even though they were mostly made in China, according to the country’s competition regulator. The firm said it would appeal against […]
Why owners of ‘public nuisance’ Eastland Mall are now getting fined $1,000 a day
Why owners of ‘public nuisance’ Eastland Mall are now getting fined $1,000 a day View a previous report on Eastland Mall’s permanent closure in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The owners of a shuttered mall in Columbus will be slapped with back-to-back fines, including one that stacks for every day they don’t […]
Ford Dealership That Sold Crashed Super Duty Truck As New Fined $160,000
Nothing to see here. – Photo: Ford Car dealers have done some pretty despicable things in recent years, including piling on sky-high charges on every car sold and even selling a car that its owner had simply brought in for a few repairs. Now, a Kentucky Ford dealer has been given its comeuppance after it […]
East Charlotte bar fined for ‘inappropriate sexual behavior’
The ABC Commission is fining an east Charlotte bar and restaurant $2,500 after social media posts showed what officers called “inappropriate sexual behavior.” According to the violation report, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department performed a compliance check at the Queen Sheba Bar and Restaurant last September. The report said an officer questioned the bar’s […]
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey fined for speeding on motorway
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has been fined for speeding after being caught doing 73mph in a 60mph zone on the M1 motorway. Details of the case, dealt with under an administrative system called the Single Justice Procedure, were revealed by the Evening Standard newspaper on Wednesday. Mr Davey wrote a letter of explanation […]
Dine-and-dash couple jailed and fined
A couple who dined and dashed at five restaurants using their children to walk out on bills of more than £1,000 have been jailed. CCTV of Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann McDonagh, 39, eating meals and failing to pay for them at a Swansea restaurant went viral last month. The couple, from Sandfields, […]
American 911 Operator Fined $9,000, Sentenced to Time Served After Bringing Hunting Ammunition to Turks and Caicos
“A weight has been lifted off my shoulders and my wife, and I’m glad that I get to go home and be with my son again,” said Tyler Wenrich after his sentencing Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Tyler Wenrich Tyler Wenrich, a 911 operator and emergency medical technician from Virginia who was arrested […]
American sentenced to time served, fined $9,000 for bringing ammo to Turks and Caicos
A Virginia man was sentenced to time served and fined $9,000 for bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, avoiding a potential 12-year sentence under the islands’ strict gun laws. Tyler Wenrich, from Richmond, traveled to Grand Turk on a cruise ship for a bachelor party in late April when ammunition was found in his possession […]
Mom fined $88,000 after her children collected 72 clams — not seashells — at a California beach
A mother was fined $88,000 after her family collected 72 clams from a California beach. People cannot collect clams without a fishing license in California. A San Luis Obispo County judge later reduced the fine to $500. A California mother received a $88,000 fine after her children collected dozens of clams they believed were seashells. […]
Canadian teen says he was fined $580 at McDonald’s drive-thru for using app; police dispute
An 18-year-old said he was fined $580 for opening the McDonald’s app at a Canada drive-thru but police have denied his claim. Mason Prima pulled out his phone at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Saskatoon on Monday so he could redeem a free meal using points through the fast-food chain’s app, according to Canada station CTV […]