CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > August 2023 23 PLANT THEFT: 2 • 26th April - Mervyn Plant Hire was the victim of a potential fraudster - ‘Mark’ - who tried to obtain a 14-tonne excavator for a sports and country club in Brentford claiming to work for M&H Civil Engineering, giving the number 07405 369525. • 28th April - this same person contacted Whitnell Plant Hire , and tried to obtain a similar machine for a site in Brentford. • 4th May - WowNow Hire was contacted by this person - now called ‘Mike’ - looking to hire a 20-tonne excavator for a site in Iver, Buckinghamshire. • 4th May - Active Plant was contacted by the same person - now called ‘Michael Horrigan’ -looking to hire a 3-tonne dumper in Romford. • 14th June - Claude Fenton was contacted by a ‘Paul’ claiming to be from CP Construction, and wanted to hire a 6m telehandler , to be delivered to Iver in Buckinghamshire. The number used was 07448 962868. • June 16th - WowNow Hire was contacted by a ‘John’ claiming to work for Pavenet then Harringtons and wanted to hire a 6m telehandler to be delivered to Iver in Buckinghamshire. The number used was 07488 962868. • 20th June - MTS Group had 4 Yanmar mini excavators stolen from their Wakefield depot. The serial numbers are SV15 - YCESV15VVCBA17823; SV17 - YCESV17VPDBB04078; SV17 - YCESV17VTDBB07643; and SV08 - YMRSV08YTNCJ1E584. • 23rd June - MTS Group was contacted by a ‘Peter’ claiming to work for Peter Duffy Ltd and wanted to hire a 3-tonne dumper The number used was 07448 962868. A similar caller rang GAP Group on an identical number. • 29th June - O’Hara Surfacing reported a Hitachi ZX26U mini excavator was stolen from a site in Godalming, Surrey. • 29th June - Buckingham Plant was contacted by a ‘Jim Bennett’ claiming to work for Kier, and was offering plant companies a variety of surplus plant and equipment which was used on various projects including HS2. The email address he is using is jim.kiergroupplc@gmail.com although the email ended with ‘constructionsales @ jimbennett-kier.co.uk ’. • 30th June - Mech Plant North west was contacted by a ‘Steve’ claiming to work for Hopkinson Civil Engineering, and urgently wanted a micro digger delivering to 1 Tell Street, Rochdale, OL12 6AH. He claimed to have a Purchase Order too. The number used, has been previously circulated to members - 07448 962868. He has also claimed to work for Roswick. Neither Hopkinson nor Roswick have that person employed in their businesses. alimak.com Say hello to the future of digitalisation in the construction industry MY ALIMAK My Alimak is a customised web-based portal developed by Alimak Group to enhance the safe and ef cient use of Alimak construction products. The remote monitoring portal provides users with up-to-date information on their Alimak construction equipment. All notifications of theft and fraud are being forwarded to the Opal ACE and NCATT units.