Judge Orders Former Hudson Contractor to Pay $2.4 Million in Fines, Restitution
Post date
May 31, 2023
Body
After being found guilty of violating consumer protection laws at least 71 times, a former home-improvement contractor from Hudson has been ordered to pay $625,873 in restitution to 19 individuals plus $1.775 million in civil penalties — or the maximum $25,000 fine for each of those 71 violations.
The ruling by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Michael Russo resolves a case first brought by the state against Neil Construction Co. and its owner, Neil Wolfe — who is currently serving a three-year jail sentence at the Belmont Correctional Institute for an unrelated conviction of criminal theft/fraud — in February 2021.