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Scams Awareness Month lifts the lid on the latest scams

Do you know your vishing, from your phishing and smishing? The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has reported a seven per cent increase in the number of fraud offences recorded in … Continue reading

Devon loan shark told: pay back £315,000 or face more time behind bars

A loan shark, who ran an illegal money lending business for nine years, has been ordered to pay back £315,000 in proceeds of crime. Paul Stretch, aged 58, of Twickenham … Continue reading

Appeal for information about loan sharks

The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) are appealing for information about loan sharks in Devon. The Team work in partnership with Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards and Devon … Continue reading

Laundered cash used to compensate rogue trader victims

A convicted rogue builder has been ordered to pay back £90,000 of his illegal earnings. John Carroll, 26, of Cricklade, who is serving 38 months in prison for fraud, had … Continue reading

Bridgwater businessman fined after alcohol was sold to a 17-year-old

The owner of an off-licence has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after alcohol was sold to an underage customer from his premises. Abdullah Ulgut, 47, the proprietor of Value … Continue reading

On-line trader sentenced for selling dangerous skin lighteners

An online trader who made thousands from selling banned cosmetics and cures which she falsely claimed could cure serious illnesses, has been given a nine-month suspended prison sentence. Merarie Day, … Continue reading

Energy efficiency grant scam warning

Trading Standards is again warning Devon residents to check the credentials of companies selling energy efficiency products following an increase in consumer complaints. A recent example is a company who … Continue reading

‘Crime doesn’t pay’ – fraudster estate agent to pay victims more than £130,000

A former Bovey Tracey estate agent will pay back over £130,000 to the victims he defrauded. Today at Exeter Crown Court (9 February) an order under the Proceeds of Crime … Continue reading

Trading Standards appeals to victims of loan sharks to come forward

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service is urging victims of loan sharks to come forward, and has reassured them they can do so in the strictest confidence. An estimated … Continue reading


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