A total of 14 people, some of whom were vulnerable, were defrauded out of over £17,000.
Naheed Plumridge, 48, of Churchill Avenue, Leominster, near the south Shropshire border, was given the immediate custodial sentence at Worcester Crown Court on March 24.
A total of 14 people, some of whom were vulnerable, were defrauded out of over £17,000. The largest individual deposit taken by the fraudster was £4,500 for landscaping work that was never completed. On another occasion, while impersonating his brother, Plumridge said his ‘brother’ - in other words himself - was in a coma after a failed suicide attempt.
Marc Willimont, Herefordshire Council’s head of public protection, said: “Our officers have considerable expertise in investigating consumer fraud.
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