Another mold contractor arrested for fraud

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Cops: Contractor took $300,000 for work never done

BY JOSEPH MALLIA |joseph.mallia@...

June 3, 2009

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contractor was arrested on fraud and grand larceny charges Tuesday

after he took more than $300,000 in payments to rebuild a Levittown

home that had been destroyed due to mold but he never did the work,

Nassau police said.

Ladmer, 38, of 1369 Gardiners Dr.,

Bay Shore, the owner of Powerhouse Renovation, failed to do renovations

despite having taken the money, police said. Ladmer was hired by the

Acorn Avenue homeowner to fix a leak in September 2006, but the

homeowner soon learned that the house had a serious mold problem and

had to be demolished and rebuilt. The homeowner's insurance company

paid renovation funds into an escrow account at a company called Aurora

Loan Service.

Then, " in January of 2009 the victim learned the

defendant had been requesting money from Aurora and received over

$300,000 for renovations never done, " a police report said.

Ladmer was held for arraignment Wednesday at First District Court, Hempstead.

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