Grafton Man Ordered To Pay More Than $150K
A Grafton man has been ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution, penalties and fees after he contracted to perform home improvement projects without proper registration, failed to complete the work and misappropriated thousands of dollars from consumers, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.
Earlier this week, a default judgment was entered in Suffolk Superior Court against Kyle Buckminster, of South Grafton, by Judge Bonnie MacLeod, according to a statement from Coakley’s office. Under MacLeod’s ruling, Buckminster has been ordered to pay $111,000 in restitution to former customers, $35,000 in civil penalties and $12,600 in fees. He’s also permanently prohibited from performing home improvement or general contracting work with proper registration or license, the AG’s office said.
Efforts to reach Buckminster by phone this morning were unsuccessful.
“Unlicensed home contracting work takes away business from honest contractors and puts homeowners at risk,” Coakley said. “While we were able to secure restitution in this matter as well as civil penalties, consumers should always do their homework before hiring a contractor by asking the right questions.”
According to a complaint filed last November, Buckminster’s home improvement contractor’s license was revoked in 2000 and he has never held a construction supervisor license, the AG’s office said. Three months earlier, the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation found that he had been operating as a home improvement contractor without a license in four matters filed by South Grafton residents in 2011, all claiming that Buckminster failed to fulfill his obligations, Coakley’s office said.
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