July 6, 2016

A Superior Court Judge has permanently barred New York-based Leroy N. Brown, an unregistered home improvement contractor who did business as “B&K Masonry & Chimney,” from performing home improvement work in New Jersey, and ordered him to pay $1.1 million after finding that he committed 410 violations of the State’s consumer protection laws and regulations, following an action brought by the Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Consumer Affairs. The State’s eight-count Verified Complaint, filed last December, alleged that Brown, d/b/a “B&K Masonry & Chimney,” committed multiple violations of the Consumer Fraud Act, the Contractors’ Registration Act, and related regulations by, among other things, misrepresenting himself as a registered contractor and using deceptive sales tactics, including proclamations of imminent health and safety risks, to induce mostly elderly consumers into purchasing expensive chimney repairs that were never completed. NJ