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Falkirk rogue trader jailed for fraud


A rogue trader who defrauded elderly residents has been jailed after a TS investigation

Richard Young

Posted 03 October 2023 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|Scotland


UPDATES: A Falkirk rogue trader who targeted vulnerable homeowners with unnecessary and substandard driveway work has been jailed for fraud, following an investigation into deceptive doorstep selling practices.

A rogue trader in Scotland who defrauded customers into paying for shoddy driveway work has been jailed following an investigation by Falkirk Council Trading Standards.

In two incidents in 2019, Keenan Kirkwood, trading as Kirkwood Paving Ltd, deceived vulnerable homeowners into paying for poor-quality and unnecessary driveway repairs. In one case, Kirkwood made an unsolicited visit to th...

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