The Directors of The Gas Board Ltd in Croydon were taken to court by the Council’s Trading Standards team.
Steffan Smart from Hounslow and brothers Arkin Almaajoun and Ali Almaajoun pleaded guilty to consumer protection offences.
Steffan Smart and Arkin Almaajoun have each been sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years.
They also received Criminal Behaviour Orders preventing them indefinitely from making sales direct to consumers.
Ali Almaajoun has been sentenced to eight months in jail suspended for two years.
A court heard the majority of consumers who were ‘sold’ boiler repair cover never received the service.
Most were unaware until they saw money leave their bank accounts, they’d been contracted with a company that wasn’t their service provider.
