AG Nessel sues defunct solar company, financial groups for $81 million 'deceptive scheme' - The Midwesterner

AG Nessel sues defunct solar company, financial groups for $81 million 'deceptive scheme' - The Midwesterner

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing a now-defunct home solar system company and several financial institutions for a “deceptive scheme” that covered 1,700 consumers and $81 million in transactions. The lawsuit, filed against Climax Solar, owner Joshua Thompson, and the financers, says the Portage-based company used in-home sales presentations on consumers that consisted of “Pitch, Sign, Fund, Fail, Collect” that “rushed consumers thro…