Alan Middleton funded a lavish lifestyle by disappearing without completing work at customers' homes, holidaying in Gibraltar with his wife Katie.
Did YOU get work done by Alan Middleton - or another rogue builder?A rogue builder who swindled so much money from homeowners he was able to splash out for his staff to go on holiday to Gibraltar has been jailed.
Did YOU get work done by Alan Middleton - or another rogue builder? Email [email protected] He was also disqualified as a director for five years by Recorder Sailesh Mehta, sitting at Wood Green Crown Court in London. His 34-year-old wife was given a nine-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £140 after pleading guilty to two counts of fraudulently obtaining a mortgage worth £400,000.The couple, who were applying for a mortgage in the popular Suffolk market town of Saxmundham, pretended they were separated because of Mr Middleton's poor credit history.
The purchase of the property didn't go through after the mortgage company raised concerns about the application. The conman – whose offences covered October 2015 to October 2019 - was also using tactics to extract more money from customers, including falsifying supplier invoices.
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