Utah Builder Gets Three Months In Jail For Stiffing Subs, Resulting In Construction Liens Being Slapped On Customers' New Homes

In Salt Lake County, Utah KUTV Channel 2 reports:

• The Salt Lake County developer who was accused of jilting both homeowners and a contractor is spending 3 months in jail. The sentence brings to an end our investigation after calls to Get-Gephardt from home buyers. [...] Calls came from people who had closed on mortgages to move into their brand new homes on South Mountain...only to find out contractors were charging them again because construction bills were not paid.

For the rest of the story (video only), see Jail for a contractor accused of bilking homeowners.

See also, Utah Attorney General press release: Home Developer Sentenced To Jail:

• [J]udge [Judith] Atherton ordered [developer Brian K.] Brady to send $3,000 each month to the Attorney General's Office until the victims are made whole. The largest amount----$262,745---will go to the [Utah Residence] Lien Recovery Fund, a fund set up by the state to pay subcontractors and material providers when a general contractor fails to make payments for services and material for a home. Brady also must pay $61,506 to three subcontractors who could not recover from the Lien Recovery Fund.

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