Solar panel salesmen were con artists

Two ‘green’ fraudsters who conned pensioners out of hundred of thousands of pounds in a solar panel scam were jailed for a total of nearly six years. Antony Dean, 42, raked in more than £500,000 from the scheme while his wife Emily, 32, helped launder some of the proceeds. Dean and associate Carl Smith hired canvassers to sell overpriced solar panel products as well as ‘add-ons’ included voltage regulators, battery systems and inverters. They claimed they were affiliated or linked…