A New York City hot dog vendor caught on camera selling $30 hot dogs outside the World Trade Center could reportedly face up to $1,500 in fines after police handed him three summonses on Wednesday.

Ahmed Mohammed was ticketed for being too close to a crosswalk, having items outside his cart and failure to list prices, police sources told the New York Post. Food vending fines generally range from $200 to $500 per ticket, the Post reported.

“What? A $30 hot dog?! We paid him a visit. 3 ECB summonses. #PostYourPrices #WeWillBeBack,” the NYPD 1st Precinct tweeted Wednesday.

It was because of Mr. Mohammed’s failure to display his prices that allowed him to charge whatever he wanted, resulting in angry customers handing over as much as $20 and $30 for what’s meant to be a cheap snack for pedestrians on the go.

“Thanks for paying him a visit and issuing 3 summonses,” Jessica Lappin of the Alliance for Downtown tweeted at the NYPD on Thursday.

Ms. Lappin learned about Mr. Mohammed last week after fights started to break out in the street over his prices, a local NBC affiliate reported.

NBC cameras recently camped out at the vendor’s stand and captured the price of a hot dog changing by the minute: $3 for some, $30 for others.

When confronted by NBC, Mr. Mohammed claimed he didn’t speak English, despite video evidence that he speaks and understands English just fine.

On Thursday, his boss, Abdelalim Abdelbaky, told the Post that Mr. Mohammed was fired for pocketing hundreds of dollars he made from overcharging customers.

“I fired him over it yesterday after I watched the news,” Mr. Abdelbaky said. “He told me he charged the people $2 a hot dog. He lied to me.”

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