‘Complete carnage’: Derby builder jailed over £200,000 home improvement scam

A Derby builder who took more than £200,000 from homeowners while knowing his company was insolvent has been jailed for two years and four months.

Michael Haslam, 74, of Littleover, admitted fraudulent trading after continuing to take upfront payments through M&J Builders despite knowing the business could not pay its debts.

Haslam, who advertised his services in local magazines, took around £210,000 from seven victims between 2020 and 2022, lea... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...