Pennsylvania Contractor Cops Plea; Admits Taking Customers' Cash, Not Completing Work

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, The Allentown Morning Call recently reported:

• A Nazareth contractor who defrauded nine customers of almost $119,000 through construction companies that he ran pleaded guilty [last month] to two felony counts of fraudulent or deceptive business practices. Robert P. Westwood, 38, who operated Quality Construction and R&C Contracting in Nazareth, admitting taking money from customers and not starting or completing projects.

For more, see Home repair fraud is admitted (Allentown woman lost most, among Nazareth contractor's 9 victims).