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A rogue trader has been jailed following a Reading Trading Standards investigation
Posted 24 June 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|South East
UPDATES: Reading Trading Standards has secured a 32-month prison sentence for rogue trader Michael Gorman, who exploited a 90-year-old man through inflated landscaping charges and left the victim facing a £42,000 bill for a small artificial grass installation.
Reading Borough Council Trading Standards has secured a 32-month jail sentence for a rogue trader who ripped off a 90-year old local man – who sadly passed away without seeing justice being done.
Michael Gorman (47) overcharged the elderly homeowner for landscaping work, inflating prices over a six-month period before hitting him with a £42,000 bill for installing a small patch of ar...
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