This one relates to the Redbridge council penalty charge and I have found out that for this one, the vehicles were hired from a company called AK Vehicle Management Limited. I've never heard of them, there isn't much info online about them and they ignored a SAR request that I submitted.

As mentioned, I had submitted an N244 form and I went to court today. The judge said that she would grant me a 14 day extension but I am slightly confused as I thought that if my out of time application was granted the notice would be cancelled and reissued (I submitted the TE9 form together with a TE7 form). I queried next steps with the judge and she said she couldn't help. Should I submit a TE9 form again?

Thanks, I'll take a look at the page. It is an EU licence which is valid in the country it was obtained. I assume that I could in theory start using it straight away in the UK but have never looked into it as I have no need to drive. Yep I know. Doesn't seem like it is too useful now but still good to have I guess.

The letter from the DVLA says that there is no record of me being the registered keeper of the vehicle and they advise me to use the letter of evidence of that fact. I will ask TFL to provide a copy of the 'valid hire agreement'. I will ask the DVLA about them having record of a driving licence in my name. I have a foreign driving licence but have never registered/used it in the UK so I don't think they should have record of it. With regards to sending a sar, apologies for my lack of knowledge, but what is a sar?

TfL have conducted their investigation into the matter and they informed me that I am the nominated hirer of the vehicle and liability of the fine was transferred to me correctly as they received a valid hire agreement form the registered keeper of the vehicle. It sounds like liability was transferred to me after the fine was obtained but as mentioned, I have never hired a vehicle. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do or how this happened? The only thing I can think of is that someone created a false driving licence and purported to be me? Separately, I received the letter from the DVLA stating that I am not the registered owner of the vehicle but it looks like that alone won't assist me now.

Thank you so much both. I have sent the email.

I told them my current address and that was not the correct one. So then, I said it the address xyz (i.e. my old address) and they confirmed this was the case. I told them what my old address was. That is what TfL have told me too but the DVLA have told me that either of my addresses have never been recorded to the vehicle so I do not know what has happened here.

Ok thanks both. I have called TfL and asked that query: they said the original PCNs were sent to my old address, which is the address that they have as registered with the vehicle and that is all they can say. I called the DVLA and they said that such address is not registered with the vehicle with them.

Even if liability was transfered to the hirer by an agreement the fraudster made which is what the DVLA said may have happened?

I've just spoken with the DVLA and they have confirmed that I have never been registered with the vehicle (so will just wait for the letter). However, they suggested that it may have been the case that someone has hired the vehicle in my name and then incurred the fines, which I think will make things more difficult. I am not sure how to conclusively prove that I haven't hired the vehicle if someone has purported to be me

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Thank you so much! I will wait till I receive the letter from the DVLA then before filing. To answer a couple of questions above, the vehicles have never belonged to me. I have never even owned a vehicle and I've never driven or done anything with one in the UK. The police direct me to Action Fraud as they are the agency that deals with such fraud matters.

Thanks. I am trying to obtain a letter from the DVLA but they are taking very long to respond to me and if I do not submit an out of time application, the enforcement agents will enforce and come to my house so I fear that I may be forced to do so without the letter form the DVLA.

I paid £275 because the fee for the charge that the bailiff has requested is in excess of 1.5k and my initial application was rejected. An explanation of my case on paper didn't do the trick with the initial application, I fail to see why it would do the trick with the appeal and if the appeal is rejected, I will have to pay the massive fine (+ charge). An appeal without a court hearing is £108, I thought it made sense to pay a little extra and be able to make my case in person to ensure that the fine was squashed. I do have the PCN numbers and the vehicle registration number. I have researched the car info and know the make and model but I'm not sure how this really helps me? The two vehicles in question are different vehicles.

I don't recognise the VINs. I have no connection with the vehicles at all and don't know who they belong too. I left the UK on 26 February and so far, all the notices I have received have contravention dates in March and April so I was not even in the UK at the time of the offences. Just to add to the above, I have a letter from my employer stating that I was working abroad from 28 February 2021 till 26 August 2021 on an international assignment and a passport stamp dated 27 February showing that I entered the country I moved to work on that date, which can evidence that I was not in the UK at the time of the contravention s that I have received enforcement notices for so far.

Ok apologies. I am new to the forum so just figuring it out. Mailings weren't sent to my old address from creditors etc as my statements are all paperless. Regarding the court case: my out of time application was rejected so I submitted an N244 form to appeal. This costs £275 and means that I will get a court hearing for the appeal. I haven't been told when the hearing will take place. The 7 CDER notices relating to vehicle 2 are for congestion charges and the CDER notice for vehicle 1 is for a red route contravention. I can submit SDs for these but my fears are that the SDs will be rejected like my previous out of time application and that there could be hundreds of fines in my name.

Yes essentially. I realise that is the case but I am not sure how to deal with it. I've tried to contact everyone I can think off involved but no one is assisting. Vehicle 1 Enforcement notice 1 - Enforcement agent: Marston - Contravention Date: March 2021 - Date of enforcement notice: October 2021 - Action taken: Submitted a form to submit an out of time application. Redbridge council opposed and the application was rejected so I have appealed (cost £275). Enforcement notice 2 - Enforcement agent: CDER - Contravention Date: March 2021 - Date of enforcement notice: 21 December 2021. Creditor: TfL Vehicle 2 7 enforcement notices from CDER Group, all with contravention dates in March and April 2021. The date of each enforcement notice is 22 November 2021. The notice advised that I contact CDER if I believed that the fines were not related to me so I contacted them as soon as I received the notices and they said to obtain a letter from the DVLA saying that the vehicle in question does not relate to me. I sent a letter to the DVLA (only way to speak to them on such an issue) and am awaiting a response (they are being quite slow) but now CDER are saying that I will run out of time on 12 January and they won't put my case on hold any further. The creditor is TfL in each case.

Marston are acting on behalf of Redbridge Council (via TEC) and CDER Group is acting on behalf of Transport for London (again via TEC). However, when I try to speak to Redbridge Council/TFL, I just get told that my cases are now with the TEC so they can't do anything. So far I have received notices in respect of 2 different vehicles - 2 notices (one from Marston and one from CDER Group) in respect of 1 vehicle and 7 notices (all from CDER Group) in respect of another.

Thank you for your response. Marston Recoveries sent the first enforcement notice (this is the case I am going to court over) and CDER Group have sent the rest. I had to pay to go to court because my initial out of time application (TE7 + TE9 forms) got rejected (no reasons were provided) and to appeal you have to pay a court fee. So far, my credit score appears to be unaffected.

I have received various enforcement notices relating to penalty charges for vehicles that do not relate to me. I have never had any connection (i.e. owned, rented, driven etc.) with any vehicle in the UK. I think that the original penalty charges were sent to my old address and as I moved out of the country for a period of time I did not receive them. The only notices that I have actually received are enforcement notices delivered to my current address. I challenged one of these via a TE7/TE9 form but my application was refused and so I had to pay £275 to go to court to contest the charge. I am yet to be given a court date. However, 8 more enforcement notices have come through my door and I am concerned that there are a significant number of fines in my name. As soon as I received the first enforcement notice, I opened a case at Action Fraud and I have also given my details to Cifas but this isn't helping me currently. I've tried speaking to Transport for London but they haven't been helpful as they just say we aren't dealing with this now as the cases have been passed onto TEC and we can't assist with charges you suspect may have been occurred but don't have a penalty charge number for? I've also tried sending letters to the DVLA but their response time is over a month and I have to action the enforcement notices quickly. Does anyone have any suggestions?