Over £320,000 of ill-gotten gains ordered to be repaid

Over £320,000 of ill-gotten gains ordered to be repaid

West Yorkshire Police

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Two men who defrauded elderly victims by performing no or substandard work laying driveways have been ordered to repay more than £320,000 of their ill-gotten gains.

Riley Smith, 44, of Harrisons Walk, Kettering (Northamptonshire) and William Gaskin, 43, of Rose View Drive, Holbeach (Lincolnshire) were convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 45 months in prison for Conspiracy to defraud.

Proceedings were brought by North Yorkshire Trading Standards with The North East Regional Economic Crime Unit (RECU) undertaking a confiscation investigation against the two.

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