TRENTON - accused the state authorities, a bankrupt company Update Ocean County for victims of hurricane repairs sandstorm take more than a million dollars that never ends.
The division of the state of consumer complaints in a suit in the High Court submitted that leaving home price group in Manahawkin least nine owners in difficulty as a result of the storm based.
A lawyer for one of the owners of the company, Scott Cowan, the so-called State claims "irresponsible and patently false. The lawyer, Christopher Adams, said in an e-mail that the authorities of the State used Price Home Group" as a scapegoat their programs have failed. "
Acting Attorney General Christopher Porrino said "again fallen victim, if these entrepreneurs without their money took offer paid work residents." Victims of Hurricane Sandy
The company, directed by Cowan and Jonathan Price, was announced as "unique solution" for homeowners to raise or replace them with modular their homes.
But in reality, the authorities say they have repeatedly created more problems for the storm victims by reprogramming and work delay in the houses, not to obtain the necessary permits and never again sloppy work.
In at least one case, the company would have provided that the demolition of a house damaged by the storm that was to replace it with a modular home - and then never delivered the modular home.
In another, they were a project, while the house sat on temporary support have given.
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Adams said that if the work was not completed "to influence only with respect to the common problems business builders across the country - such as the refusal of the customer, technical issues and the public funding".
Between September 2014 and June 2015, state officials say the company $ 898.331 in federal funding in adopted by the prior reconstruction, rehabilitation, lifting and mitigation program and another 220 483 paid by the owners of pocket $.
In her complaint accuses the State Department of Consumer the company of fraud Act violation for consumption in the state and a number of other laws.
The department seeks restitution for customers and to recover state subsidies and other costs. It is also a business improvement at home in New Jersey to ban Cowan price and work in the future provided.
Submitted Home Price Group for bankruptcy under federal, authorities said. The company specified number is in service and Cowan lawyer immediately to a message seeking to respond to comments.
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