$22 Ferari

An Indian millionaire dentist was fined $3,300 for using a disabled badge to avoid $22 in daily parking charges for his Ferari.

Dr Chirag Patel, 33, used the badge, issued to his business partner’s late father, to park outside his south London dental practice. He was charged with fraud, according to prosecutors because of his “premeditated” and “repetitious” use of the badge. Patel’s attorney expressed “remorse, shame and embarrassment” for his client: “He has been branded a skinflint, a miser and a cheat. He has been mocked as a cheapskate worthy to be despised. This was an offence that was committed by a man who was not hungry for money, but hungry for time. He has sacrificed 700 days of peace of mind because he tried to avoid a trifling inconvenience.”