AN INITIATIVE to safeguard vulnerable residents against fraud has been launched.
Cheshire East Council is joining forces with the police and three other local authorities and financial institutions to identify who is being defrauded and to prevent the loss of funds.
Cllr Paul Bates, CEC cabinet member for communities and health, said: “Financial fraud is a modern problem which this authority will stop at nothing to challenge.
“This shouldn’t be and isn’t just an issue for the police to tackle.
Cheshire East Council’s trading standards team has had a number of successes protecting consumers from things like online fraud, doorstep crime and scams and has shown that working together in partnership can make a really positive difference.
“Along with our colleagues in the other partner authorities for the banking protocol, we will do all we can to protect people in Cheshire.”
For more information call the trading standards team on 0300 123 5015.
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