A woman in Rensselaer County wanted an electric gate.
She says the contractor told her there was some problem with her bank and he couldn’t cash her check, so she drove to meet him at the bank.
“And gave him the first money, the $6,200 because that was the money to order the gate. A few days after that, maybe a week after that, he needed more money because he had to order the motor. Okay, same thing, there is something wrong with my bank. All right. I gave him cash again.”…