A Hebden Bridge man has been jailed for helping a family cheat pensioners out of millions of pounds.
Jack Brown, 21, was one of the salesmen working for the Hudsons – a family who masterminded a nationwide scam that targeted vulnerable elderly homeowners.
Their corrupt damp-proof firm faked test results to ensure contracts.
Victims were charge
d on average between £2,000 and £3,000 to have damp proof coursing they did not need.
Mr Brown even pretended to get electric shocks from damp found near light fittings and plug sockets.
He was among six staff sentenced at Preston Crown Court for gaining money by deception. The salesman surveyor was locked up for three years.
The company went by names including Nationwide Property Protection and Britannia Home Improvement.
The firm's boss, Nigel Hudson, 49, lived as a fugitive in Portugal where he rented a large house and travelled abroad using a false passport and name.
His wife Sarah, 27, and son Mark, 21, set up multiple bank accounts in the UK to channel cash abroad. Hudson senior lived off these profits made by staff back in the north of England and Wales.
He was jailed for seven years and 10 months for gaining property by deception and money laundering.
The full article contains 212 words and appears in Todmorden News newspaper.
