Items Tagged with 'fraud'

Felony charges allege five years of unreported income and unpaid taxes tied to drywall businesses.

A Shoreham family says an unlicensed contractor took their $96,200 payment, gutted their home, and vanished—leaving them living in a backyard camper while facing major debt and costly repair delays.

A Gonzales couple was arrested for contractor fraud after abandoning a project that paid them over $180K.

A Naples construction manager admitted to running an illegal cash payroll system that defrauded the IRS and insurers of more than $4.2 million, and now faces up to five years in federal prison.

Since 2023, Scots have lost a staggering USD $818K to cowboy contractors selling insulation and other money-saving services that turn out to be bogus, substandard or subject to non-existent grants.

The Las Vegas police arrested a Pennsylvania contractor who is accused of defrauding New Jersey homeowners out of $140,000, reported Chris Spiker of Daily Voice Burlington County NJ.

Hurricane Helene made landfall as a dangerous, Category 4 storm on Sept. 26 over Florida’s Big Bend area, bringing with it a life-threatening storm surge, strong winds and heavy rain.

The owners of Evolution Drywall Inc. in Palm Coast, Florida, were charged with insurance fraud and organized fraud in 2018 but were cleared a year later, reported Ray Boone of Palm Coast Observer. A judge ruled that no restitution needed to be made.