Illinois AG Charges Seven Contractors In Civil Suit Of Screwing Homeowners; Allegedly Pocketed Customer Cash For Substandard, Incomplete, Or No Work

In Chicago, the Illinois Attorney General announced this week:

• Attorney General Lisa Madigan [...] urged consumers to use caution when choosing home repair and remodeling contractors during the summer remodeling season as she announced seven lawsuits filed against home repair businesses(1) around Illinois, alleging they defrauded Illinois consumers of more than $40,000 in down payments by performing substandard work or no work at all.

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• The complaints allege that the defendants violated the [Illinois] Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and the [Illinois] Home Repair and Remodeling Act by accepting thousands of dollars in down payments from consumers, but performing substandard or incomplete work or, in some cases, no work at all.

For more, see Attorney General Sues Seven Illinois Home Repair Contractors.

For other posts on homeowners left in the lurch due to actions by builders/contractors, go here, go here, and go here.

(1) According to her press release, Madigan filed two lawsuits in Cook County against: Tony Pinzine of Tony Pinzine Construction, a home repair business in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Reimer of BRB Construction, a home repair, remodeling and painting business in Chicago.

The press release indicates that Madigan also filed lawsuits in five other counties against: Adams County - Clinton E. Robertson of Robertson Tree Service, a New London, Mo. landscaping company; DuPage County - John P. Mazzio of Paint and Point, Inc., a paint and masonry business in Glendale Heights, Ill.; McHenry County - Thomas Truhlar of Abbey Window Company, a window, door and awning installation business in Algonquin, Ill.; McLean County - Jeff Lovins of Lovins Masonry of Beason, Ill.; Williamson County - Nealy Melvin of Nealy Melvin Construction of Carterville, Ill. contractors stiff subs customers yelbow