⚠️ Federal prosecutors say a South Jersey contractor family dodged more than $450,000 in taxes.
🚧 Customers had complained for years that Stephens Contracting took payments for unfinished work.
🔴 Father and son now face prison after pleading guilty in Camden federal court.
ELMER — The family that blows off customers together stays together.
Questions around Stephens Contracting first emerged on social media in 2022. Customers complained that they paid tens of thousands of dollars to the Elmer-based company for landscaping and construction work that was never completed.
That caught the attention of the Troubleshooters at 6abc, who spoke to four angry customers. One Clementon man said he was “angry.” And one woman said it had been going on for years, and that the family-run company felt “untouchable.”
South Jersey contractor family admits to federal tax crimes
Now, William Brent Stephens, 58, and his son Zackary Sulpizi, 30, have pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Both men ran the landscaping company at the center of the charges. Federal prosecutors said the duo dodged more than $450,000 in payroll and income taxes…