![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/merciless-solar-energy-gang-targeted-vulnerable-homeowners-again-and-again/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Manley4.png&description=Jail sentences for key figures in bent companies that netted £6.5million Even after years of exposing scams I'm still shocked by the cold indifference some fraudsters have towards the suffering they cause. Take 31-year-old Lewis Manley, a predatory sales rep for a web of fraudulent solar heating companies. Among his many victims was a retired Suffolk farmer I'll just call by his first name, Graham. Although registered with the Telephone Preference Service, Graham was repeatedly phoned about products for his solar heating system. A call on March 4, 2016, resulted in him buying a storage battery for £5,900. It was installed just six days later, a typical tactic used by the scammers that was designed to give the victim little time to reconsider or cancel. A second call resulted in him being sold a PV+ power booster for £2,995. He was then sold an 'Eco Power Saver' for £3,900 and an 'Air 2 Air' heating system for £3,500. All the products had huge mark-ups and some proved useless or even worse than his existing ones. The crooks were just getting started and now Manley came on the scene, turning up in his blue BMW. He gained Graham's trust by claiming to be a farmer's son and first sold an iBoost water heater for £1,995, despite the fact Graham already had one. He next flogged an inverter for £4,000, claiming that Graham's existing one was faulty, even though it was still under warranty and could have been replaced for free. Manley then sold him an extra solar panel for £4,200. Finally, the leech used scare stories about possible fires to sell a £3,500 'fire raptor'. In total Graham paid almost £30,000 and, looking back, says that he was overwhelmed by persuasive sales pitches and did not know where to turn for advice. 'I am disgusted with the amount of money they took from me,' Graham wrote in a victim statement. 'They knew that I was retired and trusted them and they took advantage of that." Other victims told how they felt "stupid and gullible" and "upset and embarra){kind=link}
Jail sentences for key figures in bent companies that netted £6.5million
Even after years of exposing scams I’m still shocked by the cold indifference some fraudsters have towards the suffering they cause.
Take 31-year-old Lewis Manley, a predatory sales rep for a web of fraudulent solar heating companies.
Among his many victims was a retired Suffolk farmer I’ll just call by his first name, Graham.
Although registered with the ÂTelephone Preference Service, Graham was repeatedly phoned about products for his solar heating system.