Builder who stole plant machinery and used company money to pay for Audi ordered to repay more than £190,000
Builder Vasile Hrusca withdrew funds from his failing company to pay off a high-performance Audi and sold plant machinery under hire purchase agreements, spending the proceeds on gambling Hrusca was handed a suspended sentence and disqualified as a company director earlier this year Financial investigations by the Insolvency Service under the Proceeds of Crime Act […]
Somerset caravan park owner to pay £116,263 for disturbing SSSI
A Somerset caravan park owner has been ordered to pay £116,263 after being convicted of disturbing a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which serves as an internationally important breeding ground for wading birds and waterfowl. John Holland, 59, of Tapmoor Road, Moorlinch, appeared before Taunton Crown Court on Wednesday 26 November for sentencing after […]
Landowner to pay £31,000 for landscaping Cornish SSSI with waste
Martin McAnulty oversaw the importation of waste with the intention of levelling and landscaping nationally important habitats on SSSI land. The court has ordered him to remove all the waste and return the site to its previous state as wet grassland and woodland. His actions significantly damaged habitat home to naturally scarce habitats and species. […]
Derbyshire firm to pay nearly £90,000 for breaking waste permit
Environment Agency investigation ends in successful prosecution Court told large amounts of ash spread over five acres of adjoining land without permit Sentencing hearing at Nottingham Magistrates on Friday 7 November 2025 At Nottingham Magistrates Court on 7 November 2025, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd of Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, were fined £40,000 and ordered […]
Skip hire boss ordered to pay back cash after waste crime
A Merseyside skip hire boss has been ordered to pay back £250,000 after she was found to have profited from illegal waste crime. The Environment Agency secured the confiscation order against Patricia Hills, 72, of Redfern Street, Bootle, after she was previously jailed for operating MWM Recycling Ltd illegally. The confiscation hearing under the Proceeds […]