Pennsylvania (Montgomery County) Prosecutors Charge Paving Contractor With Defrauding the Elderly and Handicapped

The Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury reports (11-21-06) that father & son each face charges of theft by deception, deceptive or fraudulent business practices, receiving stolen property, and other charges in connection with eight incidents involving driveway repaving jobs that were either substandard or not finished.

They are alleged to have gone around offering "one-day only specials" on repaving driveways.

The homeowners were reportedly between the ages of and 53 and 86 and one victim was confined to a wheelchair. According to the investigating detective, one victim claimed that the presence of the contractor and his crew made him uneasy and unable to argue the contract and felt physically intimidated. When the victim told the contractor he needed to go to the bank to get the money, the contractor drove the man to the bank, where the victim then withdrew the cash from a home equity line of credit.

Authorities have seized a company dump truck that officials say they’ll move to forfeit to the county if the contractors are convicted of the charges.

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