Southwest Kansas man, construction business ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution

TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) – A southwest Kansas man who operated a house enchancment enterprise has been ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution for alleged violations of the Kansas Client Safety Act, Lawyer Common Derek Schmidt stated Monday.

Aureliano Pena, of Liberal, doing enterprise as Aureliano’s Dwelling Enchancment, agreed in a consent judgment to repay $10,000 to a southwest Kansas shopper. Shawnee County District Court docket Choose Teresa L. Watson additionally ordered Pena to repay the lawyer normal’s workplace for the price of its investigation and to adjust to state legal guidelines sooner or later.

The lawyer normal’s investigation found that on March 14, 2019, Pena accepted a proposal to transform and restore the inside and exterior of a residence in Liberal. Pena was paid $20,000 for the undertaking and partially demolished the inside of the residence after which deserted the undertaking, in line with the lawyer normal’s workplace. The $10,000 in restitution represents the quantity of labor that was not carried out on the undertaking.

Pena is alleged to have violated the KCPA by misrepresenting the work that will be carried out and abandoning the undertaking earlier than completion after receiving advance fee; did not pay subcontractors for substitute and restore {of electrical} and plumbing that didn’t meet constructing codes; willfully profiting from a shopper who couldn’t defend their curiosity and failure to supply a cloth profit in compliance with the contract with the patron.

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