Man sentenced to more than a decade for swindling homeowners

Home-improvement scammer sentenced to prison

A convicted Indiana felon was sentenced today to 3 to 4½ years in prison for defrauding 14 Ohioans of more than $105,000, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

Man sentenced to more than a decade for swindling homeowners

Richard Wooton was sentenced for theft by swindle in Hennepin County court.

Forest Lake ‘career offender’ gets 12½-year prison term for swindling businesses, homeowners

A Forest Lake man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison for duping a dozen local businesses out of more than $232,000 in motorsports and construction equipment and swindling nearly $850,000 from homeowners for remodeling projects that he either did not start or finish. Richard Patrick Wooton, 55, pleaded guilty in February in Hennepin County District Court to two counts of theft by swindle in connection wit…

For dozens of people, having a job done turned into a nightmare. They were unlucky enough to find horror handyman Nicky H. (33) from Waalwijk on Facebook. He asked for advances, but never finished his job. On Tuesday, 53 claims from victims were heard in the court in Breda. The damages varied from 75 to 30,000 euros per person. Nicky H. was there, and 11 of the 53 people who wanted to be compensated for their damages had also come to court. Many…