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Officers investigating reports of rogue traders in Fareham have charged two men.
The pair had been arrested yesterday when officers attended addresses in Titchfield, Fareham and Southampton.
It had been reported to police that on approximately seven occasions between 27 September and 17 October, a woman in her 80s was visited at her home address by men purporting to be tradesmen, who told her she needed roof work doing.
Paul Robert Cooper, 40, of Southfields, Fareham, and Albert Kempster, 30, of Southampton Road, Titchfield, have both been charged and will appear at court this morning.
They have been charged with fraud by false representation and acquiring, using or possessing criminal property, and have been remanded to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court this morning.
As part of our investigation, two other men had been arrested, but they have both been bailed while enquiries continue.