Young businessman Tyson Vacher has boasted about paying a $7,000 fine in cash
A young entrepreneur who ripped off customers on their wedding day by not turning up after being paid has been hit with a fine of just $7,500 – which he’s smugly vowed to pay in cash.
Tyson John Vacher founded ‘Black Tie Waiters’ from home in 2014, providing services and wait staff for private functions across Australia.
But the 20-year-old’s business has since been deregistered, after last year ripping off four customers by taking payment for jobs but failing to ensure his staff turned up.
And after the prosectution’s attempts to reportedly have Vacher fined $144,000 were rejected, he took to Facebook to gloat about his escape by flaunting a fist full of $50 notes.
Seemingly unapologetic about ripping off numerous clients, Vacher gloated to his social media followers on Thursday after the decision was handed down.
‘Prosecution sought $144,000 in fines. I got fined $7,000. On my way to court now to pay my fines in CASH. Peace,’ he captioned the smug photo.
The 20-year-old (right) founded ‘Black Tie Waiters’ providing services and wait staff for private functions across Australia, but left customers unhappy after failing to ensure staff turned up
In four incidents in 2016 Vacher’s business left customers shattered and out of pocket to the tune of thousands of dollars when he didn’t turn up to engagements and private functions
In the first of the four incidents in 2016, a woman paid $252 for two waiters to work at her engagement party in January but no one showed and she received no refund.
Another woman paid $712 to have three waiters on her special day in March, but just two turned up and her request for a refund for the missing employee was ignored.
In November another woman was let down at her engagement party when no staff arrived, but after threatening to make a formal complaint she was refunded $288.
An engaged couple were also shattered after being left $270 out of pocket when all three waiters they booked didn’t turn up to their party. They later received a refund.
During sentencing, Magistrate Greg Smith said told Vacher his business had ‘ruined some big nights for their clients’.
But in a statement made to his Facebook page just minutes after posing with a hand full of yellow $50 notes, the young businessman refused to accept full responsibility.
After the prosectution’s attempts to have Vacher fined $144,000 were rejected this week, he took to Facebook to gloat about his escape by flaunting (pictured) that he would pay in cash
During sentencing, Magistrate Greg Smith said told Vacher (pictured) his business had ‘ruined some big nights for their clients’
But in a statement made to his Facebook page just minutes after posing with a hand full of yellow notes, vacher (pictured with his mother) blamed ‘unreliable staff’ for the incidents
Vacher instead blamed ‘unreliable’ staff and refuted the claims made by customers that they were not offered a refund.
‘Since starting… Black Tie Waiters when I was still in highschool, I have had hundreds – if not thousands – of satisfied clients,’ Vacher said.
‘Unfortunately, due to a number of unreliable temp staff and technical difficulties with my company’s online, automated booking system, four of my clients were not delivered services they paid for and were promised.’
Despite Vacher’s business being deregistered, a website advertising opportunities to work for him as wait staff in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane remains online.
Despite Vacher’s business being deregistered, a website advertising opportunities to work as wait staff in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane is still up online (pictured)