Donovan Bartley was fined after pleaded guilty to charges of unauthorised use of trademark and misleading and deceptive conduct.
He was nabbed during an anti-counterfeit operation carried out by the Organised Crime Investigation Division and gas suppliers IGL’s loss-prevention officers.
Bartley was arrested after his truck was stopped and searched and 71 illegally-filled cylinders were discovered.
He is to pay $250,000 or serve three months for unauthorised use of trademark and $350,000 for misleading and deceptive conduct.
Bartley upon hearing the amount appeared astonished and asked Senior Resident Magistrate Lyle Armstrong for time to pay. “Can I get some time to pay half now and the rest month end?” said the accused man.
But the magistrate pointed out that the maximum fine is a million dollar.
“I could have fined you one million for each offense,” said Armstrong.