Ohio AG Tags Home Improvement Firm With Allegations Of Shoddy, Incomplete Work; Accused Of Pocketing Upfront Customer Money, Failing to Give Refunds

From the Office of the Ohio Attorney General:

• Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray filed a lawsuit [last week] charging Akron Asphalt, a driveway paving company, with failing to deliver promised services and performing shoddy work. The complaint, filed in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, charges the company with several violations of Ohio consumer law. "We received several complaints from consumers who said this company took their money without delivering promised results," Attorney General Cordray said. "After investigating the company's business practices, we discovered that it routinely failed to deliver and did unprofessional work."

• The Attorney General's Office currently has four unresolved consumer complaints against Akron Asphalt. In the complaints, consumers said they hired the company for asphalt installation, grading work, seal coating and other driveway repairs. They paid anywhere from $750 to $4,000 but said the company failed to complete the work and refused to refund their money.

For the entire press release, see Cordray Sues Akron Home Improvement Company for Fraud.

For the lawsuit, see State of Ohio v. Sands, Akron Asphalt.