ND Attorney General issues contractor warning

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is advising North Dakotans to be on the alert for an unlicensed contractor who appears to be continuing to defraud unsuspecting homeowners.
Stenehjem says Stephen Hill was banned from acting as a contractor by court order in 2011. At that time Hill owed restitution to multiple consumers in an amount exceeding $19,000 dollars.
The Consumer Protection Division learned in July 2020 that Hill was again operating as an unlicensed contractor and failed to pay two of his subcontractors approximately $11,000.
Hill was criminally charged in Burleigh County with four counts of “Contracting Without a License” last month and the court issued a warrant for his arrest.
Stenehjem reminds consumers to make sure a contractor is properly licensed before hiring them or giving them any money.