Home Repair Scam Review

The home improvement / home repair related highlights for the week:

• Indiana man accused of taking over $22,000 to build a pool and not doing the work (see Owner of Schererville business charged with theft of $22K),
• Man charged with contractor misapplication of payments and felony theft of more than $31,000 in home improvement scam (see Man arrested in fraud, identity theft),
• Contractor who failed to perform work for customers sentenced to four years on probation, ordered to pay restitution (see 4 years' probation for home contractor - Windows America owner faces $28K in restitution, $1M-plus more in claims),
• Illinois man, facing criminal charges in at least three counties, still in the home-repair business, racking up angry clients (see This Bad Boy sure has some nerve),
• New Jersey contractor ordered to pay $4,300 to blind senior citizen whose home was left with unfinished repairs (see Ex-contractor pays restitution),
• Home Depot customer asks for a new kitchen; Home Depot sends a sex offender (see Home Depot Rescreens Workers Sent Into Homes - Team 5 Investigates Updates Report That Led To Nationwide Changes)

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