Staff in trading standards jobs in Cumbria have successfully conducted an investigation into a trader who made false claims about the size and expertise of his business.
William Miller, 30, of Carlisle, claimed his company was a large national business and that his roofing treatments used NASA technology designed to help cut heat loss by up to 40 per cent.
A local trading standards team investigated Mr Miller and found that the claims were untrue, reports the North-West Evening Mail.
He has now been ordered to carry out 140 hours of community service and pay costs of £2,350 by Lancaster Crown Court.
Pat Thomas, Cumbria's principal Trading Standards officer, said: "[It] will be a significant deterrent to others who are tempted to defraud customers by making exaggerated claims about the work they carry out."
Earlier this month, Mohammed Ashraf, 51, of Huddersfield was jailed for eight months after professionals in trading standards jobs discovered he was manufacturing and selling counterfeit designer goods, reported the Yorkshire Evening Post.
