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Here is an update of the Complaint I filed with my State Department of Labor and Industry.
Scammer (fake electrician) got a 10-day letter from the State Department of Labor and Industry.
He has to respond to the letter. This is what he is told to do…
As an unlicensed entity, he is responsible for “securing the services” (hiring) of a properly licensed electrical contractor to file a permit with the City, review all scammers work performed in my home, make any corrections per the National Electrical Code, and arrange for an inspection. This is all at the expense of scammer.
If scammer responds to the 10-day letter in a timely manner and is cooperative, he will be provided with the opportunity to settle this informally, by creating a Consent Order that he would sign off on and agree to. If he hasn’t hired a contractor by the time he responds, then one of the terms in the Consent Order would indicate a “deadline” date within which to do so. In addition, another term of the Consent Order would be the payment of a monetary civil penalty assessed against him. Indicate a particular dollar amount with a certain amount “stayed”. For example, it’s a $5000 fine with a $4000 stayed. That means he must pay a $1000 penalty up front, and if department catches him performing electrical work or offering to perform electrical work or if he commits any other violations of the State Electrical Act within the next three years, he will have to pay the additional $4000. If scammer decides not to respond to the 10-day letter. If that’s the case, then he will issued an Administrative Order, which is usually more heavy-handed with a higher monetary civil penalty assessment than what the Consent Order would have indicated. The Admin Order offers him 30 days within which to file for a hearing. If he fails to request a hearing, then the Order stands “as is”. If there is a monetary civil penalty included in the Admin Order that he fails to pay, we then refer this to the County for a judgment against him. Once we receive a judgment at the county level, we refer the case to the Collection Enterprise, which is housed at the Department of Revenue. My understanding is, if scammer does not cooperate with the Dept of Revenue, they have the authority to: (a) file a lien against any property he owns; (b) garnishee his wages; and/or© collect the penalty monies from any tax returns he files.
So far so good! He should get the letter soon.