SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - Greensboro, Maryland-based home improvement contractor Jeremy Bowen was sentenced to six months in prison on June 20 after being convicted of three counts of felony home improvement fraud according to the Delaware Department of Justice.
Bowen plead guilty to the three counts in April following an investigation into multiple offenses involving accepting payments that were never completed.
Jeremy Bowen was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of home improvement fraud. (Delaware Department of Justice)
"Jeremy Bowen’s deceitful actions didn’t just hurt his victims financially – they caused a great deal of emotional and psychological distress to several families across our state," Attorney General Kathy Jennings said. "Delawareans throughout the state pour their life savings into buying and then improving their homes; they need to be able to trust their contractors and that their funds will be used as promised."
Bowen also pled guilty to one count of issuing a bad check and one count of misdemeanor home improvement fraud.
The plea, which was entered into the Sussex County Superior Court, resolves complaints alleging that Bowen had taken funds and failed to follow through on 13 contracts throughout Kent and Sussex counties. According to the DOJ many of the projects involved contracts for swimming pools and several of the victims were seniors.
Bowen has also been ordered to pay $270,000 in restitution to his victims in addition to his prison sentence. He will also be subject to an additional year of home confinement. Bowen has also been barred from working in home improvement for four and a half years by the Superior Court.