{"id":32553,"date":"2016-11-01T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/boss-of-firm-that-used-cold-calling-to-sell-call-blocking-devices-is-jailed\/"},"modified":"2016-11-01T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:05:43","slug":"boss-of-firm-that-used-cold-calling-to-sell-call-blocking-devices-is-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/boss-of-firm-that-used-cold-calling-to-sell-call-blocking-devices-is-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Boss of firm that used cold-calling to sell call-blocking devices is jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGiles Ward-Best receives five-year sentence after Telecom Protection Services swindled customers out of \u00a3600,000 A businessman whose cold-calling company swindled thousands of elderly people out of \u00a3600,000 by mis-selling them call-blocking devices has been jailed for five years.Staff at Giles Ward-Best\u2019s firm Telecom Protection Services cold-called almost 10,000 unwitting customers, often claiming they were calling from reputable organisations including BT, in order to sell them the \u00a399 Call Blocker device. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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