DeBianchi Real Estate President and realtor Sam DeBianchi gives advice to millennials who are struggling to buy homes on Making Money. Purchasing a home is an exciting milestone in a person’s life, but criminals are increasingly exploiting such transactions through real estate fraud, robbing victims who are often left with […]
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SPRINGFIELD, La. (WAFB) – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man accused of home improvement fraud throughout 2021 and 2022. Chief Jimmy Travis said Leche “Bub” Gatlin, 28, of Springfield, La. accepted payment for home construction projects but never completed the work. Gatlin accepted $1,400 in payment […]
A Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday ordered a Scottdale contractor accused of bilking customers in three Southwestern Pennsylvania counties to remain in jail pending the outcome of his pending criminal cases. Jason Ray Pirl, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday by Westmoreland County deputy sheriffs following a three-week search that […]
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Westmoreland County man was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of taking over $250,000 in payments for contractor jobs he didn’t work on, including one in Somerset County. Jason Pirl, 41, of Scottdale. The Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office announced Jason Pirl, 41, of Scottdale, […]
KROTZ SPRINGS, La. (KLFY) – A contractor from Texas is facing criminal charges in Acadiana. Police in Krotz Springs say he promised to renovate a home, but he took the money, and didn’t finish the work. “He wasn’t forthcoming on giving any of the materials back, or any of the […]