Articles Tagged with ''fraud''

Hargrove Roofing & Construction shares its own tale of confronting bad players within its own company.

A new trend is emerging of roofing contractors becoming victims of fraud by employees taking advantage of lapses in internal controls while being deceitful on both professional and personal levels.

The couple claimed the husband couldn't work due to a disability while he was employed as a driver for a roofing company.

The New York company and its owner pleaded guilty to petit larceny and fifth-degree insurance fraud as well as second-degree grand larceny and second-degree insurance fraud.

Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese, provides advice on what contractors can do should they come across fraud in their business.

Fraud is out of control in the roofing industry, says Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese, but there are steps contractors can take to prevent it.

The contractor falsely claimed to be a licensed contractor and used down payments for personal expenses.

Three defendants were ordered to pay restitution of nearly $2 million to Baker Roofing and were sentenced to at least 12 months of prison each.

The roofing contractor is said to have defrauded customers out of more than $250,000 after doing minimal and shoddy work for Hurricane Florence damage.

If convicted on all charges, the roofing contractors each face a maximum sentence of up to a $45,000 fine and up to 45 years in prison.