CHICAGO — The former owner of a suburban home repair company was handed a five-year prison sentence this week for swindling homeowners out of thousands of dollars.
51-year-old Nicholas Giuffre, an Avondale, Arizona resident, pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded customers out of thousands by failing to complete agreed-upon home repair projects, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Friday morning.
According to Raoul, Giuffre was the owner and operator of MDH Concrete and Construction Inc., a home remodel and home construction company based in Mokena…