Penalty Amount
$1,500,000
The Texas Attorney General obtained a judgment holding Rubinsky Roofing LLC liable for 27 violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, including deceptive practices involving older consumers and payment for unnecessary or unfinished repairs. The judgment requires more than $1.5 million in civil penalties, allocates at least $500,000 to consumer restitution, and permanently bars the company and its owner from the practices at issue.
Rubinsky Roofing must pay more than $1.5 million in civil penalties, allocate at least $500,000 to consumers for restitution, and provide affected consumers’ names and contact information. The judgment permanently bars the company and Gilad Rubinsky from continuing the deceptive practices at issue.
This action does not identify a privacy violation, so it does not point to specific privacy-policy or data-processing changes. In customer agreements for home-repair or similar services, review representations about repair necessity, scope, start and completion dates, use of insurance proceeds, and refund rights. In vendor and subcontractor agreements, strengthen compliance-with-law representations, restrictions on misleading sales practices, complaint-escalation and recordkeeping duties, audit/cooperation rights, and indemnification for consumer-protection violations; employee sales policies and training should also be reviewed.
Entity
Rubinsky Roofing LLC
Industry
OtherOfficial Press Release
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-repayment-texans-who-were-scammed-rubinsky-roofing-company
Rubinsky R
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Rubinsky%20R.pdf
Texas Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer-protection/privacy
"Rubinsky Roofing LLC (“Rubinsky Roofing”)."
"the company will pay more than $1.5 million in civil penalties."
"Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”)."
"Violations include defrauding individuals out of insurance funds or personal funds to pay for unnecessary or sham repairs."
"Additionally, the judgment permanently bars Rubinsky Roofing and Gilad Rubinsky from continuing the deceptive practices at issue in the lawsuit."
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