Articles Tagged with ''fraud''

Personal property insurers are alarmed by a surge in roof damage claims due to increased extreme weather events, inflation, and fraud, impacting roofers and policyholders alike, as premiums continue rising nationwide.

A roofer was charged with fraud in three Nebraska counties for taking payment on roofing jobs he didn't complete. He pleaded in the first case, faces a court appearance in the second, and goes on trial for the third case later this month.

Follow these tips from credit expert Thea Dudley so you don’t become one of the 80% of businesses that experienced fraud in 2023.

This year's Top 10 list of the most popular stories in Roofing Contractor magazine focuses on current roofing industry trends, technology, and people shaping the industry.

The former account manager of a Texas-based roofing contractor is heading to prison after the business found she was embezzling millions of dollars in a decade-long scheme.

Following an investigation by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, a roofing contractor pled guilty to workers' comp fraud after he was found working while receiving benefits intended for injured workers.

Montana roofing contractor William Dunmire, twice convicted of fraud, is now facing felony theft by deception and misdemeanor deceptive business practices charges in Yellowstone County, Mont., after allegedly bilking a Billings resident out of thousands of dollars for roofing work he failed to complete. 

A commercial roofing firm in Baltimore County is under scrutiny for inflating costs to fix a county-owned building and paying less than a minority-owned subcontractor it partnered with would have been entitled to.

A woman faces prison time after stealing more than $1 million from a New York-based roofing contractor.

Authorities in Florida arrested a roofing contractor on charges related to allegedly conducting unlicensed roof replacement scheme that defrauded homeowners.