Multiple reports say builders in the UK are jailed after an alleged scheme that left customers paying money for renovation work that was not completed. The operation is described as being led by Samuel O'Hanlon, with Jack Sargeant also named. According to the accounts, the men are alleged to have obtained payments from homeowners while projects were still unfinished. The reports say customers were repeatedly told that new issues had arisen, and that further problems justified additional demands for cash before work could be completed. The total value described across the reports is more than £1.3 million, with the alleged conduct framed as repeatedly pressing customers to pay as conditions of ongoing work changed. The sentencing outcome reported is that both men receive jail terms for their roles in the alleged offenses. While the reports summarize the prosecution narrative, they do not dispute that the defendants were sentenced, and the focus is on the alleged pattern of extracting additional payments from customers during home renovation projects that became building sites.