A company director with a taste of Supercars is investigated by trade standards above an alleged clean air-zone payment scam fleecing motorists.
Christopher Miller runs a company behind suspected 'copycat' websites that charge inflated costs to ride in cities with low emission zones such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol and Bath.
He uses sponsored ads on Google to ensure that they appear prominently when drivers search for official payment pages.
But they have no connection with Raadsportals and drivers have claimed that the money is not paid to the authorities.
Alleged victims said they only discovered these weeks after paying the Miller company, when they are affected by the council with a fine because they have not paid the indictment.
On social media, Miller, 41, has holidays in Abu Dhabi and Las Vegas, and fly over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter.
In the past 18 months he has shown cars such as a Porsche Boxster, Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari Spider.
Chris Hill, chief officer at trade standards Wales, said that his team had examined Miller for a year and several of his websites had forced to be removed.
Christopher Miller (photo), 41, uses sponsored ads on Google to ensure that his 'copycat' websites appear prominently when drivers search for official payment pages
Christopher Miller (Photo) runs a company behind Probable 'copycat' websites that charge bloated costs to ride in cities with low emission zones
But he added: 'As soon as they go, they pop up like something else with a slightly different name. I think we look at dozens, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds. '
In his general terms and conditions, Miller's SKM Group warns that it is not an official payment portal and charges a 'service costs to help you with the application and payment of driving in a Clean Air Zone (CAZ)'.
But many motorists have complained that they are fined after they have paid CAZ costs unknowingly using SKM group.
One told The Mail how she was fined after paying the SKM Group site site Cleanairzones.online £ 14 when she rode in Birmingham in October.
She said: 'Miller's site was the number one result on Google, and when I entered my registration, my car correctly identified it was no reason to believe it was anything but legitimate. I had no idea that the real fee is £ 8.
“I was in a hurry to pay … so I didn't read the small print. But who does it? “She only realized that her money had not gone to the official site when a fine of £ 60 arrived.
“Miller's website had disappeared and the telephone number on my reception was dead,” she said.
She reported him to trade standards and a day later her £ 14 was repaid. She said: “Someone from SKM gave his name called” Mark “from a restrained number.
A motorist told The Mail how she was fined after paying the now degraded SKM group site Cleanairzones.online £ 14 when she rode in Birmingham in October in October
He insisted that their sites were not a scam, tried to play it as a simple supervision and offered to cover my fine. '
SKM Group is registered on a farm on the outskirts of Swansea, but the post spoke with Miller in the semi-detached house in Canterbury that he shares with his girlfriend.
After he had put in a red Ferrari without a front license plate, he denied a misconduct and said, “We don't have to worry anything.”
He accepted that 'some problems' customers 'had left dissatisfied', but mostly after they had put the wrong city in his payment page, and such mistakes were always repaid.
Later he e -mailed: 'We clearly mention in our general terms and conditions – as well as on our website – that we are not an official government statement portal, but offer a paid emergency service instead. Our costs are clearly announced before a payment is made.
'SKM Group LTD offers a real service. We have clear evidence to support that payments are being passed on, refunds are issued and, where necessary, fines are covered by our company.
'We strongly refute all claims of fraudulent activity or misconduct. Our company works legally and ethically, and we meet all relevant regulations.
“We work completely with any questions and are convinced that our business practices are taking on control.”
Google said it removed all advertisements that violated its strict policy.
