Crime
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Notorious landlord fined just £275 for threatening tenant despite being banned
Glasgow landlord Harry Singh was jailed 20 years ago over death of two tenants and banned from renting out properties last year.
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Ministers mull forcing agents to hand over dirty money client details
Brandon Lewis says he may use US-style 'targeted orders' to force agents to provide key details about vendors and buyers suspected of money laundering.
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Landlord fined £40,000 for unlicensed HMO that broke every rule
Landlord could have spent £6,000 to make the property safe but chose to operate an illegal HMO which broke almost every health and safety law.
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Fake estate agent given four year prison term for defrauding women
Prolific career criminal Stephen Davey used several fake identifies to dupe dozens of victims into handing over funds, including most recently £7,000.
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Former letting agent jailed after failing to protect rental deposits
Andre Montaut falsified documents sent to MyDeposits about Barrington Properties' supposedly ring-fenced account.
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Former estate agent jailed over £12,300 fake lettings scam
Zhaker Darvesh has received a sentence of 13 months in prison after conning six tenants out substantial deposits using keys to properties gained from his old job.
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Crime agency freezes £3.2 million property assets of woman linked to organised crime
Unnamed individual is said to have links to organised crime including the smuggling of cigarettes and must now explain how she paid for six properties in London and Northern Ireland.
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Estate agent who ‘systematically’ stole £110,000 sentenced to two years in prison
53-year-old agent from Yorkshire receives a custodial sentence despite selling his family home to repay the victims.
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Lamplugh investigator: Police are following wrong line of enquiry
A former Scotland Yard detective who has self-funded a three-year investigation into the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in 1986 has told The Negotiator that he has evidence that prove police efforts to solve the mystery continue to move in the wrong direction. The comments by David Videcette come after the news this week that the Metropolitan Police has failed to find anything during a search of land around Drakes Broughton in Worcestershire. This follows a similar search of land in Sutton Coldfield in November 2018 which also failed to unearth anything. Videcette says he gave the Met’s Special Casework Investigation Team, who have been following up leads recently about the case, his new evidence on 24th June. This includes written statements and evidence about Lamplugh’s disappearance, which he now hopes the team will act upon. The former police officer says his investigation shows Lamplugh (left) did not have the keys to the property she had claimed to be showing ‘Mr Kipper’ at 37 Shorrolds Road, and that she did not go to the property on the day she disappeared. He also claims Lamplugh made up the appointment in order to enable her to leave the office, despite it…
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Referencing fraud getting more common and sophisticated, claims TV show star
Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action says case revealed during last night's show illustrates huge problems facing landlords and letting agents.
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