Ohio AG Hammers Home Improvement Contractors For Pocketing Customer Cash, Failing To Provide Services Paid For

From the Office of the Ohio Attorney General:

• As Ohio consumers begin to make springtime repairs to their homes, Attorney General Richard Cordray [] sent a stern message to home improvement contractors who defraud Ohioans. Concluding a statewide law enforcement sweep, Cordray announced charges, and in some cases judgments, against eight Ohio companies accused of swindling consumers.

The lawsuits and default judgments against contractors alleging violations of Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act have accused the companies of pocketing money from Ohio consumers to do home improvement work, and then failing to provide the services for which consumers paid. Among the various accusations include failing to deliver, shoddy workmanship, soliciting consumers without providing a written agreement, failing to cough up refunds, among other things.(1)

For the press release, see Cordray Cracks Down on Home Improvement Fraud.

(1) The following companies have been targeted by the Ohio AG:

• Anthony Otworth d.b.a. Custom Touch Remodel, based in Galloway; To view the complaint in full, click here.
• Backyard Oasis/Royal Spa, located in Lewis Center; To view the complaint in full, click here.
• Bob Brown d.b.a. Brown & Brown Roofing and Bob Brown Roofing, based in Dayton; To view the default judgment in full, click here.
• Hometown Improvement, Inc., based in Columbus; To view the complaint in full, click here.
• Kyle Wiehoff d.b.a C&W Concrete, located in Columbus; To view the complaint in full, click here.
• Premier Design Consultants Inc., located in Columbus; To view the default judgment in full, click here.
• Scott Goodin Heating and Cooling, located in Cincinnati; To view the complaint in full, click here.
• Shawn Fleming Snowplowing and Shawn Fleming Roofing, based in Mentor; To view the complaint in full, click here.