A Wisconsin contractor is accused of leaving clients responsible for money owed to subcontractors and suppliers and also faces three counts of theft in a business setting, according to the GazetteXtra. The owner of Timberland Builders is accused of receiving payments for an addition project, a siding project, a new construction build and not paying the subcontractors for work on the projects.
Timberland never completed the addition or the new house, according to the complaint. Each count is for theft of $5,000 to $10,000 and comes with a maximum prison term of six years.
On the home addition, the homeowner paid the contractor $47,700 and later received letters telling her liens for nonpayment were placed on the house by contractors and a building supply company, one of them for $15,668, according to the criminal complaint. The homeowner started paying subcontractors to avoid additional liens, according to the criminal complaint. She later learned Thomas Mastin, the owner of Timberland Builders, had filed for bankruptcy.
Timberland Builders of Janesville filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in May, listing debts of $166,620 mostly due to contractors and building supply companies, online court records indicate.
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