LoginTS cracks down on roofing rogues
Traders who targeted an elderly woman have been prosecuted in Warwickshire
Posted 28 January 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Property and Housing|West Midlands
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards secures convictions after rogue traders targeted an elderly homeowner with unnecessary work worth more than £25,000, highlighting the continuing threat posed by doorstep crime and consumer fraud.
Two Bournemouth traders who between them attempted to charge an elderly Leamington Spa resident more than £25,000 for unnecessary foam loft insulation, installation of a battery for solar panels and other home maintenance work, have been successfully prosecuted by Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards.
Jack Burton, who trades as Roofwise/Jack Burton Property Services Ltd, vis...
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