This happened to me in Italy... i guess it was Avis? Not sure. They billed me 25E processing fee for providing to police my details, because apparently I got a parking ticket. Never got the ticket itself, either from Avis or from police.
The funny thing is that they managed to charge my card, although it was a debit card that had expired in the meanwhile, and the linked account had 0EUR on it (the bank gracefully paid them, then automatically converted money from my other accounts to cover for my now-negative account balance).
I had that with Europcar and asked to see the infringement notice. They said they had shredded it after telling the govt it was me driving, so they couldn't give it to me. All part of their GDPR compliance allegedly. So even consumer protection laws can be used to screw you.
The credit card being expired means nothing, you have to completely leave said bank. Direct debit arrangements are even worse in this regard (see also: gym memberships).
The funny thing is that they managed to charge my card, although it was a debit card that had expired in the meanwhile, and the linked account had 0EUR on it (the bank gracefully paid them, then automatically converted money from my other accounts to cover for my now-negative account balance).