Deputy Attorney General Gillian Andrews of the Consumer Protection Unit helped secure a prison sentence for a defendant who victimized numerous Delaware consumers through home improvement frauds for HVAC services.
According to a release from the Attorney General’s Office, Andrew Wilson, 36, of Clayton, was sentenced to the statutory maximum for three counts of home improvement fraud.
Although Wilson lacked a heating, air-conditioning and ventilation license He typically found his victims by working as a technician for legitimate HVAC businesses and then solicited those consumers for often unnecessary heater and air conditioner replacement services which he claimed he could provide outside of his employer for a cheaper rate.
Wilson would take a down payment and fail to return to perform any work, or would install lower-quality equipment or and perform the installation in a manner that would usually require removal and replacement by a legitimate HVAC contractor.
Wilson also advertised himself on Craigslist as an HVAC contractor. Overall, Wilson defrauded the five known victims of a about $27,000.
Wilson will serve two and a half years in prison followed by three and half years years of probation.
Terms of Wilson’s sentence also include injunctions preventing him from soliciting or advertising for home improvement services in the future, and a requirement that this conviction be disclosed to any future employers or consumers.
