Articles Tagged with ''fraud''

If a worker comes to your door and tells you he has leftover materials from a neighbor’s project and can give you a deal on building a deck or replacing windows, do you let him do work for you?

The state of Minnesota has charged a Princeton, Minnesota, construction firm with workers’ compensation fraud after the firm claimed it had no employees for two years, in a piece reported by Dee DePass of the Star Tribune.

Massachusetts police arrested three men last month for a home improvement fraud involving thousands of dollars, in a story by Ken Paiva of the Fall River Reporter.

Authorities arrested a Wisconsin contractor accused of defrauding dozens of customers for thousands of dollars, according to Logan Rude of Channel 3000.

United States District Judge Brian J. Davis sentenced Oscar Molina-Avila to four years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States for the purpose of impeding the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. DOJ.

An Ellensburg man will be getting used to life behind bars after he was sentenced to five years in prison for committing the biggest contractor fraud scheme in state history, according to Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries in an article from iFiberOne.

J&J Drywall Inc., of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2.8 million by paying workers in cash and not withholding appropriate taxes, federal prosecutors said.

For this first podcast in the series, Rea begins with an introduction to fraud on a national level.

Whether it is a competitor using your logos, identity theft or misappropriation of funds, fraud not only damages your reputation, but your ability to remain profitable.

Tax fraud is an epidemic in the construction industry, and it is costing communities billions of dollars in lost revenue.