OFT bans Essex estate agent
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The Office of Fair Trading has made a prohibition order against an Essex estate agent banning him from estate agency work.
Martin Geoffrey Harvey, a former employee of Spicer McColl Estate Agents in Clacton-on-Sea, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment at Chelmsford Crown Court on June 10 2004 in respect of offences under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act.
The OFT decided to ban Harvey after receiving information about the convictions from his former employer and concluding that he was unfit to carry on estate agency work.
Christine Wade, director of consumer regulation and enforcement at the OFT, says: When choosing an estate agent, consumers need to know that they are honest and trustworthy.
If agents engage in any form of fraudulent conduct, the OFT will take action to prevent them working in the profession.
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