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Six individuals have been sentenced at Swindon Crown Court, for their part in the defrauding of two elderly residents by acting as money mules and laundering money.

Two brothers from Minety and a third man from Aldermaston have today been ordered to pay their victims around £35K under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Wiltshire Council has successfully prosecuted and fined two men for causing unnecessary suffering to livestock.

A Chippenham builder has been found guilty of two breaches of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

Rogue traders from Chippenham have today (Tuesday 4 July) been sentenced following a successful prosecution by Wiltshire Council officers.

Chippenham roofers pleaded guilty to trading standards offences following an investigation by Wiltshire Council officers.

Two brothers from Minety and a third man from Aldermaston have today (13 April), been given prison sentences, following a successful prosecution by Wiltshire Council supported by the National Trading Standards, South West Regional Investigation Team.

A market trader who operates throughout Wiltshire has pleaded guilty to selling an age-restricted product to a child.

A company director has been sentenced following successful prosecutions by Wiltshire Council and Herefordshire Council for multiple consumer protection offences committed in Wiltshire and Herefordshire.

A Devizes man, Gent Jakupi formerly of New Park St, Devizes and Andover Road, Ludgershall, was served with a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act and ordered to pay back over £150K by Swindon Crown Court on Monday 5 December 2022.