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That’s the biggest area in which we have people run into trouble. They’re paying up front and then the work never gets done,” said 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen.
The contractor instead uses blue pipes that function just as well. Although the contractor breached the literal terms of the contract, the homeowner cannot ask a court to order the contractor to replace the blue pipes with red pipes. The homeowner can only recover the amount of his or her actual damages.
The owner of a Hanford nuclear site subcontractor has agreed to pay the federal government $1.1 million to settle accusations that he and BNL Technical Services defrauded the federal government ...
In most of these situations, the law may not agree with moral or cultural relativism and award in favour of what people generally view as being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. It is therefore imperative that contracts are created to be as durable as possible so parties are unable to find legal ‘loopholes’ and use their power, wealth, ignorance ...
Victor Makras, a real estate broker and investor based in San Francisco, and a former member of a number of city commissions, was charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The charges claimed that Makras conspired with Harlan Kelly to defraud Quicken Loans by overstating Kelly's mortgage and understating Kelly's amount of ...
Jacob Andrew Key, 33, and 27-year-old Brooklyn Deshae Key were arrested Friday and each charged with three counts of Level 6 felony fraud. They've since been released on bond.
Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...
DEFRAUDED: Several victims in one of California's largest contractor fraud cases were in court for an emotional day of testimony.