A scammer from Wales who raked in more than £800,000 from 61 people for work that was never done has finally been exposed after an agonising wait for his victims.
Two of the victims of Brian Tutton’s defunct London-based company Contemporary Homes Improvements Ltd have spoken about their wait for justice after Tutton and his two accomplices were sentenced last week for conspiracy to defraud.
Tutton, 62, approached victims on websites such as ratedpeople.com where homeowners advertised their homes for work they wanted done, but he never laid a brick and customers claim he never had any intention of doing so.
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The stories of the victims followed a similar pattern. After selling their services and convincing the customers by showing them a show home which they actually hadn’t done any work to at all, the customers paid hefty deposits. Despite their best efforts to get in touch customers would then gradually be unable to contact Tutton and his accomplices – salesman Scott Baker, 50, and fake architect David Gogo, 30 – before customers were eventually informed the company had gone into administration.
To carry out the fraud the company made itself appear legitimate by setting itself up on Companies House and creating a virtual address in Covent Garden.
In order to garner confidence, the company would remind each victim that they had protection afforded to them under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act.
