Four men have been sentenced for tricking late 'EastEnders' star June Brown into advertising their fraudulent energy efficiency company.
Four conmen who tricked the late EastEnders star June Brown into advertising their business have been sentenced. Zulkernan Mahmood, Rehan Yousaf, Jonathan O’Grady and David Goody hired the Dot Cotton actress to appear in a television advert that promoted their energy efficiency services. June wasn’t aware of the company’s illegal activities. The group’s company are believed to have taken more than £1m from victims.
According to Trading Standards, they had hidden their identities and then secured a number of jobs through misrepresentation, claiming to be part of a government scheme and then completing substandard work. As reported by BBC News, Lord Michael Bichard, chair of the Nation Trading Standards said: ‘These men left many people with extensive remedial works required at their homes; some were left living in structurally unstable properties with no viable means of repairing the damage done due to the financial losses they incurred.’ June appeared on the BBC soap between 1985 and 2020. Zulkernan Mahmood, Rehan Yousaf and Jonathan O’Grady were sentenced alongside David Goody. Mahmood and Yousef both admitted fraudulent trading and participating in a fraudulent business. The former was sentenced for six years, four months and was also handed a 10 year criminal behaviour order (CBO) and disqualified from being a company director for 14 years. Yousef was jailed for two years, six months in prison, to run concurrently with a sentence of seven years, 11 months that he is currently serving. He was also handed a 10 year CBO and will not be able to be a director for the next 12 month
FRAUD ENERGY EFFICIENCY EASTENDERS JUNE BROWN SENTENCED
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