/rss/20108/news Jadu CMS http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:54:24 +0000 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:54:24 +0000 /news/article/1477/twelve_men_convicted_of_24m_covid_grant_fraud Twelve members of a national ‘organised crime group’ have been convicted of fraudulently claiming in excess of £2.5 million worth of Covid-19 support grants. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0100 /news/article/575/trading_standards_warn_of_scam_sites_selling_personal_protective_equipment_ppe ²Ê°ÔÍõÂÛ̳’s Trading Standards team are urging crowd-funders, consumers and businesses to beware of scam sites selling hard-to-find PPE. Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:26:00 +0100 /news/article/563/trading_standards_seize_potentially_harmful_sanitizer Trading Standards Enforcement Officers seized bottles of potentially harmful hand sanitizer from a Birmingham trader yesterday (Thursday 19 March). Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:19:00 +0000 /news/article/507/beware_the_12_cons_of_christmas Christmas is a time for giving, but people are being warned that for some unscrupulous individuals and firms it is a time for conning. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:31:00 +0000 /news/article/486/rogue_travel_agent_jailed_for_non-existent_flights_scam A businessman who scammed holiday makers out of around £30,000 by taking their cash and failing to supply them with flight tickets has been jailed for 21 months. Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:56:00 +0100 /news/article/469/counterfeit_goods_seized_in_birmingham_factory_raid A major counterfeiting operation has been disrupted after clothing and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were seized in a raid on a Birmingham factory. Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:34:00 +0100 /news/article/458/illegal_cigarettes_and_cash_seized_in_day_of_action Illegal cigarettes worth more than £4,000 have been seized during a day of action led by ²Ê°ÔÍõÂÛ̳’s Trading Standards team and West Midlands Police. Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0100 /news/article/443/restaurant_banned_from_serving_food_to_customers_with_allergies A Birmingham restaurant has been banned from serving any foods to people who state they have a food allergy following the hospitalisation of a diner. Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:15:00 +0100 /news/article/327/gold_bangle_scam_trio_jailed Three jewellers who falsely claimed that sets of gold bangles they manufactured and sold were made from higher quality gold have today (7 November) been jailed for a total of 14 years. Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:08:00 +0000 /news/article/310/trader_sentenced_for_counterfeit_goods The owner of a Birmingham-based business has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a number of offences relating to the possession of counterfeit and unsafe goods. Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:32:00 +0100