Queens Company Gets the Boot for Gouging Locked-In Drivers

A Queens company that illegally clamped down on vehicles while gouging scofflaw motorists with excessive fees to remove boots from tires has been hit with more than $180,000 in penalties — and will likely be stripped of its license.

B&M Electronic Diagnostic Repair Service Inc. crews slapped boots on vehicles across the city without a valid license, failed to keep required logs and receipts and routinely overcharged drivers well beyond the city’s $25 limit to remove a boot, Administrative Law Judge Jonathan Fogel ruled Oct. 20.

He recommended that the company pay $180,625.59 in overall penalties — including $5,875 in restitution to 29 drivers hit with excessive bills — and be revoked of its booting license…

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