31-year-old man allegedly pocketed $25,000 by posing as a fake tradie

A 31-year-old man has allegedly pocketed more than $25,000 after he posed as a tradie, scamming customers and collecting payments for jobs he never completed.

A Doncaster East man has allegedly pocketed more than $25,000 from unsuspecting customers by posing as a tradie and collecting payments for jobs he never completed.

Detectives from the Manningham Crime Investigation Unit arrested the 31-year-old man on Thursday, charging him with two counts of theft and nine deceptions.

Detectives from the Manningham Crime Investigation Unit arrested the 31 year old man on Thursday.

Footage released by Victoria Police shows the man, dressed in navy shorts, a navy T-shirt and black runners, being escorted from his Doncaster East home into the back of a police car.

It is alleged he posed as a tradie under a fake name, accepted jobs from clients via various job tasking platforms and pocketed up to $25,000 for jobs he never completed.

The offences reportedly occurred in July.

He has been remanded to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on January 30.