Connecticut "Stings" 160 Home Repair Contractors

WVIT-TV (NBC 30) in West Hartford, Connecticut reports that the Connecticut State Department of Consumer Protection has been conducting an undercover sting by soliciting bids from home repair companies that it suspected were unregistered with the state. According to the report:

• "One hundred sixty contractors were invited to a state-owned sting house and 150 turned out to be unregistered. The other 10 offered contracts that were missing something, because state law requires that they tell the homeowner what the contract period is going to be, when they can expect work done and when money is due."

To date, only four arrests have been made (all from Still River Home Maintenance in New York); the rest will have hearings that may result in fines of $2,000, and possible arrest if they decline to appear. For more, see Four Arrested; Others To Get Fined In Home Improvement Sting.

Go here to watch Channel 30 TV report (by reporter Doug Greene).