LoginCrooked removal firm owners jailed
A removal firm scammed victims into paying thousands to get their property back
Posted 09 October 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: Directors of a rogue removals company received prison sentences after dramatically inflating agreed prices and exploiting customers during house moves, following a successful prosecution by Islington Council Trading Standards.
The directors of a rogue removal company that scammed customers into paying thousands of pounds to recover their belongings have been jailed following an investigation and prosecution by Islington Council Trading Standards.
Alexander Robert Linley-Sharman and Jacob David Littlestone, directors of My Move Group Ltd, vastly inflated the agreed-upon price of removals once clients’ belongings...
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