Penalty Amount
$518,000
The Minnesota Attorney General obtained a judgment against Ryan David Pietron and Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC, for deceiving homeowners, taking payment for renovation work that was not performed, and misrepresenting Pietron’s contractor licensing status. The judgment permanently bars them from Minnesota’s residential construction industry and orders restitution, civil penalties, and costs totaling $1,069,000.
The judgment permanently bans Pietron and Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC, from Minnesota’s residential construction industry and orders $518,000 in restitution, $518,000 in civil penalties, and $33,000 in costs and attorney’s fees.
This action does not allege privacy violations, but it highlights contract and vendor-control risks for construction and home-renovation work. Review vendor onboarding and construction agreements for contractor license verification and ongoing representations, detailed written scopes and milestones, payment terms tied to verified work, accurate progress reporting and invoices, refund rights, and termination remedies for misrepresentation or nonperformance. Customer-facing renovation contracts should clearly document the work, schedule, payment obligations, and available remedies.
Entity
Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC
Industry
OtherOfficial Press Release
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/11/05_Affordable-Home-Remodeling.asp
18754 Affordable Home Remodeling Consent Judgment
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/18754_Affordable-Home-Remodeling_Consent-Judgment.pdf
Minnesota Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/
"Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC"
"$518,000 in civil penalties to the State of Minnesota"
"deceiving homeowners into hiring them for expensive home renovation projects, then collecting tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars for work that never happened."
"permanently banning both from the residential construction industry in Minnesota."
The Minnesota Attorney General issued an alert urging Medicare beneficiaries to review coverage options after insurers reduced or discontinued Medicare Advantage plans in Minnesota. The release describes no privacy enforcement action, monetary penalty, or remedy.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting New York’s authority to pursue a civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his business associates. The brief was filed in an appeal; the press release does not report a ruling, penalty, or remedy, and does not describe a privacy enforcement action.
$7.1M
A bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general settled allegations that General Motors collected and sold drivers’ driving-behavior and location data to data brokers, whose customers included insurance companies. GM will pay $220 million nationally, with Minnesota receiving $7,095,664, and must obtain affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a multistate coalition suing to block a FinCEN rule that exempted nearly all businesses from Corporate Transparency Act reporting and announced that it would delete existing ownership information. The coalition alleges violations of federal law and asks the court to invalidate the rule and require FinCEN to continue collecting and maintaining the database; no penalty or court order is reported.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. The coalition asked the appeals court to reverse a lower court decision and block the revocation; this press release describes no privacy-related allegation, penalty, or remedy imposed.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a consumer-protection lawsuit alleging that L’Oréal and its subsidiaries marketed chemical hair relaxers as safe while concealing cancer risks, particularly from Black women and girls. The state seeks civil penalties, consumer restitution, and an injunction requiring adequate health-risk warnings; these are requested remedies, not an outcome reported in the release.