Town of Tonawanda home improvement contractor sentenced for scamming customers
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A City of Tonawanda residence advancement contractor was sentenced to jail Monday for scamming clients.
The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced 41-calendar year-old Richard D. Brady was sentenced in Erie County Court docket to an indeterminate sentence of a person-and-a-fifty percent to 3 decades in jail.
In accordance to the district attorney’s office, whilst doing work as a house improvement contractor between May well 1, 2019 and November 5, 2019 Brady gathered payments and never performed any perform. He admitted to stealing a whole of $43,414.08 from seven buyers in Erie County and to date has not compensated any restitution to the victims.
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Brady pleaded responsible to one depend of grand larceny in the fourth diploma and a single rely of plan to defraud in the 1st degree in Oct 2020. He also pleaded responsible to charges in connection to equivalent crimes in Niagara and Cattaraugus counties. This sentence will run concurrent to his other sentences.
Even the most cautious house owner can come to be the sufferer if the individual hired hardly ever exhibits up to conduct the operate. I stimulate any individual who has been victimized by this offender or one more house enhancement contractor to contact my workplace.
– Erie County District Lawyer John Flynn