A teenager who posed as an emergency worker and ran red lights while speeding through Melbourne in a fake ambulance has been slapped with new criminal charges.
The 18-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with new offences stemming from his alleged purchase of a similar truck using a fake name in January.
It comes after the teenager was charged with 120 offences for speeding through Melbourne in a fake ambulance over seven months in 2017.
Many of the charges were later dropped, but 30 were proven.
The youth's lawyer told a children's court on Monday a plea offer for the latest allegations - between January and August this year - was being considered.
They include obtaining property by deception and the use of false documents, after the young man allegedly bought a vehicle while pretending to be someone else.
The vehicle was bought with the teenager's own money and the rest of the charges related to his subsequent contact with the car dealership, including a refund obtained for the new vehicle, his lawyer said.
The young man, who appeared in court supported by his mother, had previously been deemed a low risk of reoffending.
He had been scheduled to be sentenced for the fake ambulance charges on Monday but this was delayed because of the fresh allegations.
"I'm very disappointed to hear about the fresh matters," a magistrate said.
Earlier charges against the youth were confirmed, including dangerous driving after he sped along busy major Melbourne roads, running numerous red lights.
He was a learner driver at the time and unaccompanied, in breach of the terms of his licence.
The court was told he put people in danger "whilst acting as an emergency vehicle travelling at speed well above the posted speed limits, without any level of appropriate training or qualification".
Dash-cam footage surfaced online, showing a modified truck fitted with lights flashing and siren blaring.
The vehicle modifications were paid for using fraudulent credit card details and the teenager is also guilty of insurance fraud totalling scores of thousands of dollars.
He is expected back in court on October 28.
