Contractor accused of fraud in Greene County
A West Virginia independent contractor is facing charges after being accused of failing to finish work on a Greene County home.
Michael Brown, 62, of Maidsville, W.Va., had made a verbal agreement in October 2023 to perform work on the house in Greensboro, according to the criminal complaint.
Homeowner Diane Pilon, who lives in Morgantown, W.Va., told police her family paid Brown the agreed-upon fee of $57,000 over the next two years.
Brown has yet to finish the work, and was not responding to the Pilons’ requests for updates, the complaint alleges.
Brown is charged with home improvement fraud and financial exploitation of an older adult.
A preliminary hearing date had not been set as of Monday afternoon.