Attorney General Charity Clark announced a resolution with UPP Global, LLC, a Maine-based private parking operator known in Vermont as Unified Parking Partners (UPP). UPP provides 27 private parking operations in several Vermont downtowns. Between 2020 and 2024, thousands of consumers paid UPP after receiving what the company misleadingly called “citations” which alleged that failure to pay could result in impacts to a consumer’s credit rating, vehicle registration, license renewal, or ability to rent a vehicle. UPP issued these “citations” to consumers despite having no governmental authority or ability to affect consumer credit without due process of law. “Companies have a right to charge for services rendered, but not to trick consumers into paying out of fear that disputing a charge could come with consequences the company has no power to impose. The message to commercial actors is that words matter and misrepresentations carry consequences. I’m pleased that this company has agreed to stop its misrepresentations.” – AG Clark