This record payout - the fifth-largest settlement in Australian legal history - marks a major legal win for 8,700 Australian 8,700 drivers and operators who joined the class action.
ASQA said only 20% of affected students responded to notices offering them a chance to prove their training was legitimate, and not a single one provided adequate evidence.
Investigators have released CCTV footage, including images taken inside a JB Hi-Fi store, of a man of who appears to be Indian subcontinental appearance who may be able to assist with the investigation.
Fauja Singh, who also visited Australia in 2013, became a global inspiration after taking up marathon running at 89 and completing nine major races worldwide.
Two other international students — the 21-year-old driver and a 21-year-old front-seat passenger from Torrensville — were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and are said to be traumatised.
Zita was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison after a jury found her guilty of injuring her eight-week-old daughter in Auckland in November 2018.