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24 September 2020

State Police: Daily Complaints About Contractor Accused of Fraud

Since September’s flooding, there have been countless warnings about contractors going door-to-door offering home repairs, but only taking the homeowner’s money....

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24 September 2020

Okla. building contractor sentenced on 13 fraud counts

A Muskogee man was ordered to spend two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of home repair...

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24 September 2020

Contractor in Indiana charged with stealing from homeowners

A Martinsville man has been charged with multiple counts of home improvement fraud after he allegedly took thousands of dollars from...

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24 September 2020

Unlicensed contractors caught in Florida sting

Ten individuals were arrested for operating as unlicensed contractors in Pinellas County during a sting conducted out of a Dunedin home...

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24 September 2020

Unlicensed Md. contractors ordered to cease scam

Attorney Douglas F. Gansler announced today that his Consumer Protection Division has issued a Cease and Desist Order against two unlicensed...

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24 September 2020

Calif. roofing spouses get jail for evading work comp

Former Belmont spouses who own Hallmark Roofing will each spend eight months in a sheriff’s work program and under house arrest...

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24 September 2020

California landscaper sentenced for unlicensed work

A 52-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to felony probation and jail time for fraudulent use of a contractor’s license and failure...

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24 September 2020

Ind. contractor accused of scamming two homeowners

A southern Indiana contractor is a wanted man after being accused of defrauding a victim of the deadly March 2 tornado...

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24 September 2020

Chicago brothers get 14 years for arson, life schemes

Francis Spinks wasn’t a foolish woman. She just grew up in a time when a handshake and a man’s word meant...

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24 September 2020

Mo. contractor duo accused of $38K hurricane scheme

A southwest Missouri couple will stand trial on charges that they defrauded victims of the 2011 Joplin tornado Sixty-five-year-old Jeffrey Wolfson,...

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