Fraudster jailed for targeting elderly
A rogue trader who conned elderly people has been jailed for three years
Posted 05 July 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|South East
UPDATES: A bogus insulation business that targeted older householders with cold-calling, false claims and high-pressure sales has led to a three-year prison sentence, exposing the scale of the fraud and the investigation that brought it to justice.
A man who defrauded elderly people to fund a lavish lifestyle has been jailed for three years following a prosecution by trading standards.
Adam Craig Roberts, 34, from Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to fraudulently misleading people - often the elderly - across the south of England to encourage them to buy home insulation. He was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Friday (June 28).
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