LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas contractor faces a number of fraud-related fees after he allegedly took cash from prospects for landscaping companies and failed to finish the initiatives.
On Feb. 4, investigators with the Nevada Legal professional Common’s Workplace arrested Jon Banning, 51, who owns JTB Landscaping, a Las Vegas landscaping firm, on an excellent felony arrest warrant.
In accordance with a launch, the warrant fees Banning with eight fees regarding fraudulent transactions via the landscaping firm. Courtroom information present that Banning faces 9 fees.
The discharge stated the case started via a Nevada State Contractors Board investigation after a number of complaints from householders, largely seniors, have been filed. The complaints stated that Banning took tens of hundreds of {dollars} from householders and deposits on landscaping and pool initiatives.
The complaints additional alleged that Banning failed to finish the initiatives or, in some instances, failed to start out the initiatives whereas refusing to return any of the cash despatched to him by the victims.
In whole, the victims misplaced greater than $308,000, the discharge stated.
After the NSCB investigation, the legal professional common’s workplace filed a felony grievance that resulted in an arrest warrant issued by the Las Vegas Justice Courtroom.
Banning faces three counts of fraud/deceit in course of enterprise/occupation, three counts of acquiring cash, property, lease or labor by false pretense, valued between $25,000 and $100,000 in violation of probation and three counts of acquiring cash, property, lease or labor by false pretense, valued at greater than $25,000, however lower than $100,000.
Courtroom information present he was held with out bail on the Clark County Detention Middle.
Clients working with a contractor must be looking out for frequent purple flags and notify the NSCB about any issues or alleged illegal actions.
These purple flags embrace:
Calls for for giant downpayments or cash-only funds
Failure to place the phrases of a venture in writing
No contractor’s license quantity and/or contractor info doesn’t match the NSCB’s web site
Aggressive gross sales ways and pushy ‘today-only’ pricing
The NSCB accepts shopper complaints towards licensed contractors as much as 4 years from the date work was carried out and as much as two years when work is carried out by a licensed contractor.
