A driver impersonated his former wife's boyfriend to buy a light goods van and racked up 58 unpaid parking fines, a court heard yesterday.
The District Court was told that Yuen Kwok-hing was arrested on June 4 last year as he had been placed on the watch list because of the unpaid fines.
But Mr Yeun denied being the owner of the van and said he did not know about any court summonses or fines relating to the vehicle. The police then began investigating.
The court heard Liu Wai-keung, 45, applied to the Transport Department to renew a vehicle licence for the light goods van on October 18, 2002. But instead of using his own name, he used Mr Yuen's personal details and forged his signature.
During 2002 and 2003, Liu collected about 38 traffic tickets issued to Mr Yuen for illegally parking the van, but none were paid.
On December 1, 2003, Kowloon City Court received two letters written by Liu in Mr Yuen's name, pleading guilty to two traffic summonses.