VDO of CBS 7 Eye-Team Investigation: To Catch A Contractor
CBS 7 Eye-Team Investigation: To Catch A Contractor Video Clips. Duration : 5.33 Mins.We had a good read. For the benefit of yourself. Be sure to read to the end. I want you to get good knowledge from Jobs Atlanta. They show up at your door promising quality work at a cheaper price. But are they licensed? Can you trust them? That's why state investigators are in west Texas. They're looking for people who claim to know how to install electrical wiring or air-conditioning units, but don't have the proper paperwork. We start our investigation breaking down numbers: In the last six months, the state has received more than 500 complaints on unlicensed contractors. Stings, like the one you're about to watch, helped shut down about 100 businesses working illegally- and some of those are right here in West Texas. "What we're looking for is to catch unlicensed air conditioning/electrical contractors who are out- trying to install equipment in people's homes when they don't have the experience or the insurance or the license required to do the job." We spent weeks fumbling through newspapers, dollar savers and stacks of classifieds, complying a list of unlicensed AC guys and electricians. Now, state investigators posing as homeowners are ready to reel them in. One after another they walk through, promising a job only a licensed contractor can do. "They could take the money and run. They could install it improperly. You could end up having to repair your home." Under the watch of our hidden cameras, 25-year-old Danny Leyva of Midland pulls up to our sting house ready to collect cash on an AC installation job he said he could do for 00. This is what investigators fear: an unlicensed ...
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