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Smallholder receives livestock ban
Posted: 28 September 2018
UPDATES: A Dorset smallholder has been prosecuted for serious animal welfare offences, receiving fines and a lengthy ban on keeping poultry and pigs after Trading Standards investigated conditions on the holding.
Devon plumber sentenced for fraud
Posted: 13 August 2018
UPDATES: A North Devon plumber has received suspended jail sentences, fines and compensation orders after trading standards uncovered fraudulent invoicing, excessive charges and unsafe work carried out while he was still on licence for earlier offences.
Car dealer guilty of clocking offence
Posted: 13 August 2018
UPDATES: A Bournemouth second-hand car dealer has been ordered to compensate a customer after selling a VW Transporter advertised at 89,000 miles that was later found to have travelled more than 243,000 miles.
A brush with art fraud
Posted: 15 January 2018
ANALYSIS: An investigation into fake works attributed to Cornish artist Alfred Wallis reveals how forensic examination, inter-authority cooperation and careful analysis of provenance prevented consumers from spending up to £125,000 on forged artwork, while highlighting the importance of due diligence for auction houses.
