July 21, 2016

New Jersey filed an action against an Ocean County home improvement contracting company and two of its owners for allegedly taking more than $1.1 million from Superstorm Sandy victims – including over $898,000 in federal relief grants – and failing to begin or complete the contracted-for work. The Price Home Group Limited Liability Company of Manahawkin, and its owners Jonathan Price of Manahawkin, and Scott Cowan of Demarest, took significant initial payments to elevate or replace Sandy-damaged homes then failed to begin work, performed the work in a substandard manner and/or abandoned unfinished projects without returning for weeks, months, or at all, according to the state’s Complaint filed in Ocean County Superior Court. NJ

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