Gang of eight convicted after ‘largest’ nuisance call case
Eight men have been convicted of unlawfully accessing and obtaining one million people’s personal information from vehicle repair garages to generate potential leads for personal injury claims.
The verdict follows a 10-week trial and an extensive investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office, where the ICO seized the widest body of evidence it had ever seen.
A jury at Bolton Crown
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