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A Dudley Council team dedicated to putting a stop to housing fraud in Dudley borough made savings of more than £500,000 in one year alone.

A housing fraudster who dishonestly withheld information to obtain a council property has landed a six month suspended sentence and a bill of £2,000.

A team dedicated to putting a stop to housing fraud in Dudley borough has investigated nearly 500 cases in the last 12 months.

A rogue roofer who told a Stourbridge couple their roof needed urgent repairs when it didn’t and then carried ‘totally incompetent’ work has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

A former council housing resident, who narrowly avoided jail last year for committing housing fraud, has been ordered to pay costs to Dudley Council.

A rogue roofer who made a false representation to a vulnerable Halesowen homeowner has been prosecuted.

Residents can get the latest advice on how to keep safe and protect their finances at an event later this month.

Dudley Council bosses are reminding people to be truthful when applying for council housing after the authority successfully brought cases against two separate housing fraudsters in the past two months.