List of Victoria's worst fine dodgers reveals $850 million in unpaid bills A SUNSHINE resident has racked up 807 unpaid penalties totalling $222,000 to become Victoria's worst fine evader. The person tops a list of serial evaders contributing to $850 million in unpaid infringements owed to the state. The Herald Sun has seen a Department of Justice list of the worst 12 offenders in the state. A Tarneit resident, who owes $218,142, and a Tynong local, who owes $211,397, round out the top three. The department would not reveal the age or gender of the worst dodgers, citing privacy concerns. Sheriff of Victoria Brendan Facey said most people paid their fines but others had problems in paying, or chose not to. "These (12) people will be people who are making a deliberate attempt to break the law and to avoid detection and to avoid having to pay," he told the Herald Sun. We will come across these people eventually. We'll get them. Mr Facey said officers pursued people with unpaid fines in different ways, including by executing warrants at their home and work. Suspensions of driver's licences and car registrations, arrests, wheel-clamping and even jail were other methods used to loosen purse strings. Court sources said it was not uncommon to have case after case of people owing tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines. A man succeeded in getting a $25,000 debt wiped yesterday after he blamed his jailbird son for racking up the fines. Jose Araujo told the Magistrates' Court son Daniel had accumulated $24,651 in toll charges, parking and speeding fines in cars registered in Mr Araujo's name. Sheriffs issued 91 warrants for Mr Araujo. But he told the Dandenong court it was Daniel who had been behind the wheel. Mr Araujo said he bought his son a car and put it in his own name before Daniel had been introduced to drugs. Daniel is now in prison on drug-trafficking charges. Magistrate Greg Connellan accepted that the driver on all occasions was Daniel Araujo, and wiped the outstanding amounts and the threat of a 202-day jail term. Outside court, Mr Araujo said he was saddened to learn of his son's huge bill. "No father would be happy with what has happened," Mr Araujo said. Attorney-General Robert Clark said the State Government intended to introduce a package of reforms in Parliament later this year or early next year to ensure that fines were fair and were enforced. He also asked the Sentencing Advisory Council for advice on courts imposing fines as a sentence and about their enforcement. A report is expected in December.