Tuesday, December 05, 2006

FBI Report on Unlicensed Home Improvement Contractors

This report, found in the November, 2005 issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (Volume 74, Number 11), discusses the problems posed by unlicensed home improvement contractors from the perspective of a law enforcement officer. The report, while directed to law enforcement professionals, gives the average consumer insight as to how he can deal with problems arising from hiring an unlicensed contractor.

The author of the report, retired FBI agent George Lyford, was serving as the director of investigations for the Nevada State Contractors Board in Henderson, Nevada when his report was issued.