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1st February 2012 Issue no. 105
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'Rogue Trader' locksmith guilty of defrauding customers
A locksmith once exposed on BBC TV's Rogue Traders has been convicted at the Old Bailey of ripping off customers across London.
As reported in the London Evening Standard Mark Makowski overcharged by thousands of pounds after being called out to get people back into their homes. He has a long history of exploiting vulnerable and desperate householders and was convicted in 2003 after an investigation by Hertfordshire County Council.
Makowski was trapped again in August 2008 after Westminster City Council Trading Standards carried out a sting using officers posing as members of the public.
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