Prosecution: Security company fined £10,000

West Yorkshire security firm 2 B Secure Ltd has been fined £10,000 at Leeds Magistrates’ Court and ordered to pay costs of £778.40 and a victim surcharge of £181.

2 B Secure Ltd supplied an unlicensed security guard, Steven Hare, on 24 occasions between 7th December 2018 and 14th February 2019 to the Leeds venues Baracoa, the Rosse and the Bierkeller.

Haidar Mumtaz, of Keighley, was a director of the company when he supplied Hare’s services, but resigned his directorship of 2 B Secure on 17 May 2019. The company then installed two new directors, Mark Bateson and Andrew Brennan, who resigned following pursuit by SIA investigators. Brennan was reappointed to 2 B Secure on 6 November 2019.

The SIA prosecution followed its successful prosecutions of Steven Hare in September and Haidar Mumtaz, a former director of 2 B Secure, in November. The SIA investigated Mumtaz following information from West Yorkshire Police.

Pete Easterbrook, a  Criminal Investigation Manager at the SIA said: “The severity of the fine 2 B Secure Ltd has incurred reflects the poor conduct displayed by the former directors of the company. All of whom sought to avoid the consequences of their actions by resigning at various stages during this investigation. These actions were designed to limit the ability of the SIA to prosecute the company – this approach was ill-judged and quite clearly did not have the desired effect. This prosecution should act as a reminder that the consequences of supplying unlicensed security operatives are serious and we will always take appropriate action where regulation is undermined and the public are put at risk.”

2 B Secure supplies security services to 14 venues throughout West Yorkshire, and employs 60 licensed door supervisors.

Free Download: The Video Surveillance Report 2023

Discover the latest developments in the rapidly-evolving video surveillance sector by downloading the 2023 Video Surveillance Report. Over 500 responses to our survey, which come from integrators to consultants and heads of security, inform our analysis of the latest trends including AI, the state of the video surveillance market, uptake of the cloud, and the wider economic and geopolitical events impacting the sector!

Download for FREE to discover top industry insight around the latest innovations in video surveillance systems.

Download The Video Surveillance Report