A North Texas contractor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after prosecutors said he took more than $300,000 from customers and then hid behind aliases and silence when projects stalled.
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In Tarrant County, Jeremy Zeno pleaded guilty in a theft case involving more than $300,000, Fox 4 reported. Police said he presented himself as a trustworthy contractor, accepted customer checks, and then cashed them. Prosecutors said they have not recovered the stolen funds.
A 2024 complaint from customer Terry Stevenson to the Benbrook Police Department helped launch the case. Stevenson said he paid the contractor $40,000 for a barn/condominium renovation, but the contractor did little work before he stopped responding.
“He kept saying the materials are coming. The materials are coming. The materials never came,” Stevenson said…