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Pair convicted of financial abuse


West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team has secured its first convictions

Richard Young

Posted 05 July 2019 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|Yorkshire and the Humber


UPDATES: The first prosecution brought by West Yorkshire's Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team ends in convictions after a vulnerable resident was subjected to rogue trading and fraud by abuse of position.

The first financial abuse prosecution by the West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team (WYFEAT) reached the courts last week, resulting in the conviction of two offenders who pleaded guilty to offences relating to the financial abuse of a vulnerable Calderdale resident.

On June 24 at Bradford Crown Court, Sharon Hughes and Miles Ogden pleaded guilty to offences committed agains...

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