Fine for health tablets swindler

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Health food supplements used to combat arthritis and common colds have been exposed as expensive fakes.

An investigation by trading standards chiefs showed the pills contained only tiny amounts of their advertised ingredients

The probe was launched after a customer complained t hat V it a s tore food supplements bought online were not as effective as others bought from different suppliers.

Lab tests found the tablets, which cost as much as £11, were to be “up to 99 per cent deficient” in the active ingredients they were supposed to contain.

The man behind the scam, Rakesh Odedra, 38, of Ilford, Essex, has been given a suspended jail sentence and a heavy fine after admitting fraud.