The winners were announced and the awards presented during a luncheon ceremony last week at the McNamara Center on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus.
ICC Restoration & Cleaning Services has been named a winner of the Torch Award for Ethics presented by the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, according to a press release.
We’ve covered “storm chaser contractors” (i.e. predatory contractors who knock on doors immediately after a natural disaster and pressure homeowners in to signing costly repair contracts), but it appears that there’s a new type of scam gaining popularity – “fire chasing.”
ICC Restoration & Cleaning Services was one of 12 finalists named for the 2013 Torch Awards for Ethics presented by the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, according to a press release.
According to the Canadian Underwriter, Fraudulent home improvement offers following Superstorm Sandy last fall have made the top 10 list of scams in 2012.
Two executives of Disaster Restoration Inc., including the owner, have been convicted of federal fraud charges, the Justice Department announced Wednesday evening, according to a story in the Denver Business Journal.