JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The owners of a roofing business called LoveOurRoof, which was part of Xcel Roofing of Kansas City, have been ordered by the Greene County Circuit Court to pay $60,000 in restitution for defrauding customers in Greene County out of thousands of dollars.
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office says on Oct. 31, a Greene County judge ordered owner James Harding and Xcel Roofing to pay $40,000 in restitution to nine customers who did not receive the company’s services after paying for them.
The co-owner, Matthew Priester, was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution in the same fraud case in January, bringing the total amount of restitution to $60,000.
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The fraud scheme involved homeowners making large advance payments from 2018 to 2021 to LoveOurRoof for roof repairs and replacements, according to the Attorney General’s Office. The company failed to provide the work homeowners paid for, with court records stating the business closed abruptly in 2021 without offering refunds to customers…