Journal of Trading Standards, Online Edition - JoTS Online

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Illicit tobacco seller hit with hefty fine

Posted: 02 December 2024

UPDATES: A Dagenham shopkeeper and business have been fined after Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards found almost 2,000 illicit and counterfeit cigarettes hidden on the premises during Operation CeCe inspections.

Loan sharks on social media warning

Posted: 20 November 2024

UPDATES: Scotland’s illegal money lending watchdog is warning that loan sharks are using social media to target people under financial pressure, as Christmas costs and the wider cost-of-living crisis leave vulnerable borrowers exposed.

Father and son rogues sentenced

Posted: 18 November 2024

UPDATES: A father-and-son roofing operation has been sentenced after targeting elderly and vulnerable residents with unnecessary work, ignoring Trading Standards intervention and returning to extract further payment from victims.

Rogue builder hit with PoCA ruling

Posted: 14 November 2024

UPDATES: Bath & North East Somerset Trading Standards has secured a £108,085 Proceeds of Crime Act order against a builder who took large deposits, abandoned work and left customers facing serious financial losses.

'Cowboy builder' brought to justice

Posted: 12 November 2024

UPDATES: A Telford rogue trader who pressured an elderly homeowner into paying more than £60,000 for poor and unnecessary work has received a suspended sentence, underlining the risks faced by vulnerable consumers targeted at home.

Rogue trader guilty on five counts

Posted: 08 November 2024

UPDATES: Walsall Trading Standards has secured guilty verdicts against rogue builder Shane Steven Rollinson, whose poor work, false business identities and attempts to influence witnesses left customers thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Winter fuel payment scam alert

Posted: 07 November 2024

UPDATES: Cheshire West & Chester Trading Standards is warning pensioners about fake winter fuel payment texts that direct recipients to bogus websites and ask for personal and banking details.

East Riding TS make £14,500 seizure

Posted: 06 November 2024

UPDATES: East Riding Trading Standards has seized illicit tobacco and vape products worth £14,500 from Goole businesses, with hidden stock found during Operation CeCe raids supported by police and detection dogs.

Oasis fans hit by ticket scammers

Posted: 05 November 2024

UPDATES: Lloyds Bank figures show Oasis fans are being heavily targeted by ticket scammers, with most reported cases starting on social media and average losses reaching hundreds of pounds.

CTSI issues parking scam warning

Posted: 23 October 2024

UPDATES: CTSI is warning motorists about a surge in parking fine smishing texts that mimic Government websites, threaten legal action or driving bans, and direct victims to payment pages controlled by fraudsters.

'Record seizure' makes local history

Posted: 15 October 2024

UPDATES: A routine visit to a Hammersmith and Fulham convenience store uncovered what the council described as the biggest illegal cigarette seizure in local history, alongside tobacco, vapes and evidence of suspected organised crime links that led to the shop being shut down.

Staffs TS makes 'significant' seizure

Posted: 10 October 2024

UPDATES: Trading Standards officers in Staffordshire seized a significant quantity of illegal vapes during enforcement activity, reinforcing ongoing efforts to remove non-compliant products from sale and protect consumers.

Illegal tobacco clampdown in LBBD

Posted: 10 October 2024

UPDATES: Officers report major seizures of illicit tobacco following a sustained clampdown on illegal sales across the borough.

Oxfordshire TS: rogue trader alert

Posted: 09 October 2024

UPDATES: Residents are urged to remain vigilant after severe weather prompted warnings of increased rogue trader activity targeting damaged properties.

LTS Week takes bite out of illegal cigs

Posted: 07 October 2024

UPDATES: London Trading Standards Week opens by showcasing the capital's work against illegal tobacco, highlighting major seizures, Operation CeCe enforcement activity and the health, criminal and economic harms caused by illicit cigarettes and vapes.

LBBD targets illegal tobacco

Posted: 30 September 2024

UPDATES: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards have revealed that almost a quarter of businesses targeted by a series of recent test purchase operations were selling illegal tobacco. In intelligence-led investigations on 11 and 12 September, 42 premises were...

Turn Down Energy Scams, says TSS

Posted: 17 September 2024

UPDATES: Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) has launched a campaign to help consumers avoid domestic energy-efficiency scams, including the mis-selling of spray foam loft insulation, as the winter months approach. The focus of the ‘Turn Down Energy Scams’ campaign is on pointing...