16 Unlicensed Contractors "Stung" By Cops
Westchester County, New York police detectives, posing as the owners of a county-owned, rundown home, arrested 16 unlicensed contractors after requesting and obtaining bids for repair work on the home from them, reports Newsday.com and The Journal News.
The three week sting operation used a three story house in Yorktown, NY and captured the suspects on video. Among those arrested were two who were already on the county's Renegade Renovator list of contractors who have generated repeated consumer complaints.
"This was the first-ever sting in Westchester, but it won't be the last," according to GaryBrown, Westchester County's director of consumer protection. "Let the unlicensed contractor beware."
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The three week sting operation used a three story house in Yorktown, NY and captured the suspects on video. Among those arrested were two who were already on the county's Renegade Renovator list of contractors who have generated repeated consumer complaints.
"This was the first-ever sting in Westchester, but it won't be the last," according to GaryBrown, Westchester County's director of consumer protection. "Let the unlicensed contractor beware."
For the whole story, see:
- Police posing as Westchester homeowners arrest 16 contractors, and
- Westchester nabs 16 unlicensed contractors.
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posted by Home Equity Theft Reporter at 6:22 AM
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