Brothers led £17m solar panel scam

Six men have been jailed over a £17 million solar panels scam that defrauded 1,500 victims nationwide.

Among those targeted were elderly, retired and vulnerable people who were “manipulated” into buying panels on the false promise that installation costs would be invested and they would get their money back in five years.

The scam’s ringleaders, Glasgow brothers David Diaz, 34, and Ludovic Black, 38, went on the run for seven months and were finally caught during a routine police traffic stop.