KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KSNB) – Grand Island business owner, Bobby Bates Sr., has pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in Kansas City, Kansas.
Court records report, Bates, as the owner of Built Rite Construction, accepted deposits for construction projects, such as barndominiums, but did not start or complete the work. Between February 2023 and October 2023, he defrauded customers in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas resulting in total losses of more than $700,000.
As part of the plea agreement, another charge of wire fraud was dropped, and Bates has agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $703,016.96…