Annex A

 

Summary of Formal Enforcement Action (January-December 2025)

 

Public Protection

Prosecutions

Defendant

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Costs

Emrah Aktas

Licensing Act 2003

Sale of alcohol without a licence

Fine = £2000

Victim surcharge = £800

£2547.28

Zaid Saleem

Town Police Clauses Act 1847

Unlawful plying for hire

Fine = £90

Victim surcharge = £36

£3200

Please note that there are cases which commenced in 2005 relating to unfair trading (including aggressive practices in relation to guttering repairs), food hygiene offences and unlawful plying for hire ongoing

Simple Cautions

Number of cautions per case

Nature of case

2

Sale of a knife to a person under the age of 18

2

Sale of a vape to a person under the age of 18.

1

Sale of cigarettes to a person under the age of 18

1

Street trading without consent

3

Burning construction material and causing dark smoke

*Please note that a Simple Caution is a Home Office approved procedure which is an alternative to prosecution.  It involves a written acceptance that an offence has been committed and may be drawn to the attention of a court if any subsequent offence is committed within two years of issue.


 

Enterprise Act undertakings

Number

Nature of case

2

Undertaking to CYC not to trade unfairly in relation to the sale of second hand vehicles (included £800.14 in compensation to customers)

1

Undertaking to CYC not to trade unfairly in relation to motor vehicle repairs/renovations

 

Fixed penalties and similar

Number in total

Nature of case

2

Fixed penalty ticket for smoking in public places

 

Licence revocations and suspensions

Total Number

Nature of case

3

Revoked on medical grounds

2

Refused due to convictions

1

Refused due to medical grounds

1

Revoked due to conduct

30

Suspended on medical grounds or DBS etc

 

Goods seized

Total Number

Nature of goods

239 packets

(4790 sticks)

Illegal cigarettes

52 pouches

(1.45kg)

Illegal hand rolling tobacco

255

Illegal vapes

Other enforcement activity of note not reported elsewhere e.g. Food Service Plan report

Activity

Target

 

2025

2024

2023

% of all under-

age sales visits

Less than 10% of visits result in sales

 

66%

 

3 visits

2 sales

(of which

1 x vape,

1 x knife)

 

14.8%

 

27 visits

4 sales

(of which

1 x vape,

2 x knives

1 x spray paint)

 

12.5%

 

8 visits

1 sale

(vape)

 

 

1 x ‘website takedown’ initiated for unfair trading.

 

National Trading Standards

Prosecution results

Defendant

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Costs

Sunny Kanda

Fraud Act 2006

Sale of illegal streaming devices

2 years imprisonment

£21,506.95

Suhaib Sirajudin

Fraudulent Trading contrary to S993 of the Companies Act 2006 

Director of an emergency plumbing business which excessively overcharged consumers, caused deliberate damage to consumer’s properties, carried out unnecessary work, carried out poor quality work, used aggressive and intimidating behaviour to gain payment, and failed to honour refunds.

4 years imprisonment

£30,000

Jordan Coalby

Money laundering (S.327) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Double glazed window and home improvement company which pressured consumers into contracting. 

community order for a period of 2 years with 150 hours of unpaid work.

£0

Geraldine Emery

Money laundering (S.327) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Director of a business which purported to provide remote computer services to consumers, which were unnecessary and overcharged. The defendant laundered the proceeds of the money from the offending.

30 months imprisonment

£0

Philip Foster

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

Involved in a photographic studio business. Customers of photographic studios were told they had the potential to be professional models, and as a result paid substantial amounts of money for poor quality, digital photographs that stood no real chance of landing them professional jobs.

8 years 6 months imprisonment

£100,000 (but not paid)

Michael Foster

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

3 years 6 months imprisonment

£0

Jamie Peters

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

2 years imprisonment, suspended.

£23,000

Lisa Foster

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

18 months prison sentence, suspended.

£1,000

Emily Newell

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

10 months imprisonment, suspended

£0

Atif Qadar

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

12 months imprisonment, suspended.

£18,000

Paul Fleury

Conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law

As above

18 months imprisonment, suspended

£19.673

Paul Evans

Money laundering (S.327) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

As above

3 years 6 months imprisonment

£250,000

Aslihan Foster

Money laundering (S.327) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

As above

18 months imprisonment, suspended.

£10,000

Thomas Gall

Fraudulent Trading contrary to the Fraud Act 2006 

Director of a business which consumers paid for services like Dartford Crossing, ULEZ, fishing rod licences and Mersey Flow tolls, thinking they were contracting with the official supplier of those services. A number of the consumers did not get the service they paid for and were then fined / given penalty charge notices as a result.

2 years 3 months imprisonment

£0

Shezad Parvez

Fraudulent Trading contrary to the Fraud Act 2006 

Director of a business which consumers paid for services like Dartford Crossing, ULEZ, fishing rod licences and Mersey Flow tolls, thinking they were contracting with the official supplier of those services. A number of the consumers did not get the service they paid for and were then fined / given penalty charge notices as a result.

2 years imprisonment, suspended

£0

 


 

Simple Cautions

Number

Nature of case

1

Involved in a photographic studio business. Customers of photographic studios were told they had the potential to be professional models, and as a result paid substantial amounts of money for poor quality, digital photographs that stood no real chance of landing them professional jobs.

 

Enterprise Act undertakings

Number

Nature of case

2

Involved in a photographic studio business. Customers of photographic studios were told they had the potential to be professional models, and as a result paid substantial amounts of money for poor quality, digital photographs that stood no real chance of landing them professional jobs.

 

Healthy and Sustainable Homes Service

Civil Penalty Notices Served

Property

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Result

Shipton Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £8,810.10

Paid

Vyner Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5,404

Paid

Prospect Terrace

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £9,850.28

Paid

Fifth Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,097.07

Paid

Kirkham Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £3,404.16

Paid

Herbert Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5,618.02

Paid


 

Property

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Result

Balmoral Terrace

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5,941.10

Paid

Balmoral Terrace

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,161.44

Paid

Sutherland Street

Housing Act 20004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,438.10

Paid

Sutherland Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,225.44

Paid

Cromer Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5,404

Paid

Hull Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £9,300

Paid

Arnside Place

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £14,784

Paid

Eldon Terrace

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £4,021.33

Paid

Cosmo Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £30,000

Debt recovery

Main Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £18,000

Debt recovery

Heslington Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £18,000

Debt recovery

Barbican Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5,650.57

Paid

Gillygate

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £8,819.36

Paid


 

Property

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Result

Lansdowne Terrace

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £1,333.32

Paid

Hope Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £4,285.62

Paid

Baker Street

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,482.63

Paid

Huntington Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £18,750

Debt recovery

Horseman Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £3,196.13

Paid

Moss Bank Court

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £4,170.30

Paid

Pottery Lane

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice Confirmed by First Tier Tribunal £17,250

Debt recovery

Wycliffe Avenue

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice Confirmed by First Tier Tribunal £20,625

Debt recovery

Bishopthorpe Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £4250

Awaiting Tribunal Hearing

Mallard Way

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £15,462.84

Paid

Wigginton Road

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £5447.48

Paid

Duncombe Place

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £6,583.43

Paid

Abbotsford Way

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £10,954.66

Paid

 

 

 

 

 

Property

Legislation

Nature of Case

Penalty

Result

Walmgate

Housing Act 2004

Operating House in Multiple Occupation without a licence

Civil Penalty Notice £4,540.34

Paid