Construction Fraud

Constructional fraud occurs if a person engaged in construction knowingly:

• Misapplies money

• Obtains money, property or labor by false pretense

• Receives payments and fails to state his own true name, or states a false name, contractor’s license number, address or telephone number of the person offering a service;

• Diverts money or commits any act of theft, forgery, fraud or embezzlement, in connection with a construction project

• Acts as a contractor without a contractor's license

• Submits false information concerning a payroll to a public officer or agency in any report relating to a contract for a public work

• Fails to disclose a material fact.