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Posted: 26 March 2024
UPDATES: A counterfeit footwear trader has been ordered to repay £60,000 under Proceeds of Crime legislation after an earlier trademark prosecution, highlighting how illicit profits can be recovered long after conviction.
Posted: 07 March 2024
UPDATES: Hampshire Trading Standards has seized around £300,000 worth of illegal products as part of an intensified crackdown on rogue traders supplying unsafe and age-restricted goods.
Posted: 28 February 2024
UPDATES: A Hampshire rogue roofer who defrauded 29 homeowners of more than £640,000 through false claims, phantom materials and empty refund promises has been jailed and banned from operating similar businesses for a decade.
Posted: 14 November 2023
UPDATES: Brighton and Hove Trading Standards is urging residents to stay alert after a sharp increase in complaints about rogue builders, highlighting the devastating financial losses, poor workmanship and doorstep tactics that continue to target householders.
Posted: 06 November 2023
UPDATES: An Oxfordshire couple have admitted selling illicit tobacco and cigarettes through Facebook after a Trading Standards investigation uncovered illegal products at their home. The prosecution underlines continuing efforts to disrupt organised illicit tobacco sales.
Posted: 01 November 2023
UPDATES: Essex Trading Standards has concluded its largest-ever fraud investigation, working with National Trading Standards and regional partners to secure guilty verdicts in a complex case involving extensive consumer fraud and years of investigative work.
Posted: 16 June 2023
UPDATES: An online vehicle trader has been jailed after falsifying mileages and service histories on dozens of cars, following a Trading Standards investigation that protected buyers and highlighted the value of multi-agency fraud enforcement.
Posted: 31 May 2023
UPDATES: A series of licence suspensions across West Sussex highlights the consequences for retailers caught selling alcohol to children, as Trading Standards reinforces a zero-tolerance approach to underage sales.
Posted: 28 April 2023
UPDATES: Oxfordshire’s prosecution of a shepherd over buried sheep carcasses, poor livestock records and unauthorised movements shows how animal welfare rules protect disease control, food chain traceability and fair competition in farming.
Posted: 30 March 2023
UPDATES: An Isle of Wight rogue trader who bullied and deceived victims has been jailed after a lengthy trading standards investigation that pieced together the evidence needed to bring him before the courts.
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