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Mervyn Rhys Richards cons elderly woman out of life savings

A rogue trader who conned a woman out of her life savings weeks later posed as a Good Samaritan.

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Swindon 'good samaritan' guilty of ripping off pensioner with roof job

A ROGUE trader from Swindon has been ordered to pay almost £40,000 after convincing a vulnerable old person to let him do work on her roof that…

United-kingdom , British , Mervyn-rhys-richards , Taunton-magistrates-court-on , Avon-somerset-police , Bourne-road , Taunton-magistrates-court , Somerset-police , South-west-trading , British-standards , Property-maintenance , Consumer-protection

Plymouth Trading Standards raids see dodgy vapes and tobacco seized

Plymouth Trading Standards raids see dodgy vapes and tobacco seized
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Plymouth: Large illegal tobacco haul seized by police

More than 17,000 packets of cigarettes, 688 pouches of rolling tobacco and 550 vapes were seized.

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Rogue traders warned after dodgy Plymouth builder jailed

Rogue traders warned after dodgy Plymouth builder jailed
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Wawel Polish Shop guilty of selling counterfeit tobacco | Somerset County Gazette

A Taunton storekeeper hid hundreds of packets of counterfeit tobacco under his shop floor - and tried to cover up the scent from detection dogs by…

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Woman loses £40,000 after falling for Martin Lewis scam

Scammers using the image of Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis are advertising a false cryptocurrency scheme on Facebook, the public is warned

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Scam warning after woman loses £40,000 to fraudsters who used Martin Lewis photo in adverts

Scam warning after woman loses £40,000 to fraudsters who used Martin Lewis photo in adverts
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Woman loses £40,000 investing in fake Martin Lewis scam

Woman loses £40,000 investing in fake Martin Lewis scam
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Somerset woman loses £40,000 in online cryptocurrency scam

Trading standards have been trying to help a Somerset woman who has lost £40,000 in an online scam.

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