Mortgage broker fined £100,000
A London mortgage broker has been fined £100,000 and banned from operating after submitting false mortgage applications.
Omotayo Fawole of Oasis Mortgage and Financial Services in Woolwich, was found to have obtained a mortgage after submitting an application which significantly overstated the profits of his firm and his own income.
He also submitted a mortgage application for an Oasis employee which significantly overstated earnings.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said the level of the fine was aimed at acting as a deterrent to others from becoming involved in mortgage fraud.
This year alone 17 other mortgage brokers have been banned by the FSA for involvement in submitting false mortgage applications.
Tenant cleared of sexual assault
A tenant from Bishop Stortford broke down in tears after a jury found him not guilty of sexually assaulting another woman who was a tenant in the same property.
He had faced three separate charges of sexual assault the 29-year-old-woman alleged had taken place in a bathroom at the house where they both lived in April last year.
The jury was told that the accused had ripped open her nightclothes but in his defence the defendant described how they had kissed but that the woman did not object.
Get in the picture with Camden Council
Camden Council is looking for volunteer tenants and leaseholders who are willing to spend 30 minutes being photographed at home.
The photographs will be used to update the housing department's picture library and may appear in communications and marketing material. Tenants are being offered a £25 voucher to get involved.
Anti social tenant evicted from flat
A tenant who carried out a series of acts of anti-social behaviour causing disturbances to his neighbours has been evicted from his flat by a Housing Authority.
The incidents included use of foul language; urinating in communal areas, drunken behaviour, indecently exposing himself and indecent acts in public.
Selwood Housing took action against Simon Burnley, aged 33, who moved into Haynes Road, Westbury in Wiltshire in January this year on a 12-month starter tenancy.
He is also being charged for neglecting and damaging his home which broke the terms of his tenancy agreement.
Selwood Housing operations director, Paul Moore said: “If anyone in our neighbourhoods is suffering because of antisocial behaviour, by getting involved and having the courage to speak out, we can make individuals like Simon Burnley accountable for their actions.”
