Council Sleaze: Abdul Loyes

A Wokingham borough Conservative councillor, Abdul Loyes has been accused of trying to defraud and compromise an Early businessman and his company.

The complaint from Rudolph Hodgman claimed that Councillor Loyes tried to involve his firm, called On Site Training Assessment and Certification in illegal immigration and human trafficking and falsely obtained loans using his name. Easy enough stuff to investigate I would have thought.

However the standards committee for Wokingham Borough Council made the following statement after recieving the complaint:

“With regards the Code of Conduct, it is noted from the information provided that Cllr Loyes’ alleged conduct appears to have occurred in his private capacity and not while he was acting in an official capacity as a member of the authority.”

“The Standards Board for England has decided that the allegation should not be referred to an ethical standards officer for investigation.”

Now I would have though an allegation of people smuggling worthy of investigation and not just by the Standards Board. But these are strange times we live in. I suspect we will be reading more as Mr Hodgman is standing by his claims.

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