Roofing professional imprisoned for scamming council out of ₤ 88,000
A roofing professional and council employee have actually been imprisoned for defrauding New Forest District Council out of more than ₤ 88,000, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has actually stated.
Mark Diaper, who operated at a now-defunct roof business in Southampton, was discovered to have actually paid off council upkeep operative Richard Cullen to protect work at inflated rates, according to the prosecution company.
Both guys pleaded guilty to scams by abuse of position and bribery, it stated. Diaper was handed a 32-month sentence and Cullen a 58-month sentence at Southampton Crown Court on Thursday (15 February).
Cullen referred upkeep tasks to Diaper's company in exchange for a 10 percent cut of the revenues, motivating him to include pricey aspects such as scaffolding to billing...