People in Oxfordshire are being asked to take any scam letters or emails they receive to their local library during May, as part of a new initiative to help put a stop to scammers.
8 May 2012
A trader has been found guilty at Oxford Crown Court after 800 items of clothing were seized from his shop in the city centre and found to be counterfeit.
2 May 2012
Oxfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning businesses about the sale of unsafe alcohol, after nearly half of off-licenses visited in the county were found with stocks of suspected counterfeit alcohol.
24 Apr 2012
New ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ have been set up in Shrivenham, Watchfield and Bourton to make it more difficult for distraction burglars and rogue traders to operate in the area.
16 Apr 2012
A letting agent in Oxford has been ordered to pay a total of £309,303 after pleading guilty to seven consumer protection related offences and one of money laundering at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday 9 February.
10 Feb 2012
A builder from Benson has been sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of unfair trading, overcharging his victims out of a total of £100,000 and letting them pick up the costs of remedial work of around £140,000.
6 Feb 2012
Oxfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning people to be vigilant after counterfeit Vodka, containing dangerously high levels of an industrial solvent found in screen wash and nail varnish remover, was found on sale in a shop in Oxfordshire.
20 Jan 2012
Two builders who conned homeowners out of thousands of pounds for inadequate building work have been jailed by Oxford Crown Court today, Monday 9 January 2012.
9 Jan 2012
Two tradesmen have been found guilty of fraud, unfair trading and money laundering after conning elderly people out of thousands of pounds for inadequate building work and overcharging their victims, following an investigation carried out by Oxfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service.
23 Dec 2011
Oxfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning people not to drink an illegal brand of vodka which has been found on sale in some shops across the UK.
24 Nov 2011
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