Media Releases

A cowboy builder has been ordered to repay more than £35,000 following further investigations by Dudley Council’s trading standards.

A roofing fraudster has been handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud

The former owner of a Dudley takeaway has been fined after a customer found rat faeces in their order.

A defendant has pleaded guilty to money laundering and ordered to pay in excess of £9,000 after being part of a scam, which cloned the details of a Dudley-borough business.  

Two brothers have been ordered to pay more than £11,000 by a court after threatening trading standards officers investigating their shop for the illegal sale of vapes.

A takeaway owner has been ordered to serve 100 hours community service and pay £1,686 in costs after admitting a string of food hygiene and safety breaches.

A trader has pleaded guilty after misleading a couple into paying for a new bathroom that was never fitted.

A trader advertising PlayStation 5 equipment for sale on Twitter (now X) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering. 

A mother-of-five from Brierley Hill has been hit with a court bill of more than £1,000 just before Christmas after being caught breeding and selling puppies illegally.

Dudley residents are being warned against purchasing counterfeit electrical goods, due to the potential fire hazards they present.

A rogue builder has been sentenced to 240 hours of unpaid work after failing to meet appropriate standards while building an extension in Halesowen.

A rogue carpenter has been prosecuted and ordered to pay costs of more than £1,300 after failing to deliver goods to a Dudley consumer.