Mobile phone data used to catch housing fraudsters and rogue traders in Herts

Mobile phone data used to catch housing fraudsters and rogue traders in Herts

Investigators identified social housing clients who had sub-let their properties while trading standards officials built cases against rogue traders.

Aberdeenshire Council to tackle rogue traders with 'hands-on' approach

Councillor Alan Turner, chair of Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee (centre left), pictured with Trading Standards officers Fraser Stephen, Vanessa Wilson, and Gavin Alexander A new initiative has been launched in Aberdeenshire to support legitimate businesses and empower consumers to make safe, informed choices – with it initially focussing on roofing firms. Aberdeenshire Council explained that there has been a ‘sharp ris…