Winchester Crown Court
A MAN who fabricated fake quotes to allow customers to rake in thousands of pounds in grants has avoided a prison sentence.
Laurence Fisk was working at Cold Control, in Ropley, near Alresford, when he became involved in a scam to submit applications for grants from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
In 2017, the 62-year-old was approached by clients to make fake quotes in the names of other companies. His business would then get the work at a lower rate, but the customers would submit the fabricated quotes - which were always at a higher rate - to the Rural Payments Agency, who handled the funding for Defra, Winchester Crown Court was told on April 1.