Meridian Rogue Traders

Despite originally quoting £2,300, Michael Gorman charged the 90-year-old from Berkshire £42,000 for a nine square metre patch of artificial grass.

James Michael Hookey, 36, defrauded on 18 people while trading as J M Property Maintenance.

24-year-old Levi Davies persuaded vulnerable and elderly residents to employ him to carry out substandard and unnecessary work.