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United States of America v Joseph D Bergevin
The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.
On November 7, 2024, in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, the United States of America and Joseph Bergevin entered into a Judgment in a Criminal Case. Joseph Bergevin, a home remodeling contractor pled guilty to one felony count of Wire Fraud and was sentenced to four years in prison for his scheme to steal approximately $4 million from customers using fake invoices.
Joseph D. Bergevin pleaded guilty in July 2024, admitting that he forged invoices to steal money from at least 24 customers who had hired him for their remodeling projects.
According to the plea agreement, between 2016 and 2019, Bergevin served as the general contractor on a number of home remodeling projects. As the general contractor, Bergevin was responsible for arranging for subcontractors to work on the project and making sure they got paid. However, during the wire fraud scheme, Bergevin presented his customers with hundreds of forged subcontractor invoices. Bergevin used the names, logos, and other identifying information about the subcontractors to create the false invoices. He then sent them to the customers for payment. Bergevin falsely told the customer that the invoice was for work that had been done or would be done. In some instances, he claimed that by paying “up front,” the customer could lock in lower rates for building materials when the work was done.
At the time of the plea, the false invoices totaled $3,554,054 and went to twenty-four different customers. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Bergevin is responsible for at least $3,554,054 in restitution. Today the parties agreed that the total restitution should be $4,025,193.58 for all the losses caused by the criminal conduct in this scheme. Judge Whitehead ordered the full restitution.
The case was investigated by the FBI, the Kirkland Police Department, and King County Sheriff’s Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Michael Dion and Yunah Chung.
For more information, please contact the United States Department of Justice, Western Washington division at https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa or 206-553-7970.
Licensing
On 07/01/2019 the Washington Department of Labor & Industries suspended the license of JD Bergevin Homes Inc. BBB encourages you to contact the following agency or agencies to confirm this information: - http://www.lni.wa.gov - 800-647-0982
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Believed to be out of business
According to information in BBB files, it appears that this business is no longer in business.
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- Kirkland, WA
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