Ontario homeowner fighting back against alleged paving scam arrested
CTV
A group of Mississauga homeowners hired a construction company with a reputable name, only to find out that it wasn’t the company they thought – setting into motion a series of bizarre events that ended with the arrest of a homeowner.
A group of Mississauga homeowners hired a construction company with a reputable name, only to find out that it wasn’t the company they thought – setting into motion a series of bizarre events that ended with the arrest of a homeowner.
The apparent effort to impersonate Royal Town Construction was so good it produced slick business cards, a matching logo, and may have even tricked the police, customer Jun Shu told CTV News after he spent six hours in a jail cell.
“In my 62-year history, I didn’t have anything like this. I feel I was badly treated,” Shu, an engineer, said in an interview.
Shu said on May 14, a paving company knocked on his door and made an offer to his wife to replace their driveway. But while she was calling him to decide, the company began digging out a section.
A business card showed “Royal Town Construction Ltd” with a stylized roadway going through the “R” – just like the established Woodbridge-based Royal Town Construction. But when Shu and his neighbours called them to complain, they said they had no idea what he was talking about.
Royal Town Construction supervisor Kosta Alexopoulous told CTV News the company had been inundated with people complaining about work that wasn’t theirs.
“We weren’t there. We were in a parking lot in Brampton. We’re not even anywhere near – and then it clicked,” he said.
