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Home Improvement Fraud: Gaston man arrested

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I saw Gaston man arrested for home improvement fraud in the The Muncie Star Press and had to pass this along:

"UNION CITY ? A Gaston man has been arrested on home-improvement-fraud charges ? again.
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John Henry Stanley, 28, was arrested by Union City police last week after a senior citizen in the 900 block of West Division Street reported three men had offered to clean her gutters for $10 ? then asked for up to $200 to repair damage they claimed to have found on her roof."
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Authorities said they determined Stanley did not have a vendor?s permit or contractor?s license to do home repair work in Randolph County, and also had no driver?s license.
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Stanley was sentenced to six years in prison by Delaware Circuit Court 2 Judge Richard Dailey in 1999 after he was convicted of home improvement fraud. In that case, a 81-year-old Delaware County man who was legally blind paid Stanley and a co-defendant $5,600 for work that was never done.

The criminal statute is here. The civil statute is here.

Consumers and contractors both need to be aware of these statutes.

Full post as published by Indiana Civil & Business Lawyer on September 11, 2008 (boomark / email).