Former suburban home repair company owner given 5 years for swindling homeowners out of thousands

CHICAGO — The former owner of a suburban home repair company was handed a five-year prison sentence this week for swindling homeowners out of thousands of dollars.

51-year-old Nicholas Giuffre, an Avondale, Arizona resident, pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded customers out of thousands by failing to complete agreed-upon home repair projects, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Friday morning.

According to Raoul, Giuffre was the owner and operator of MDH Concrete and Construction Inc., a home remodel and home construction company based in Mokena.

In June of 2023, when Giuffre was first charged in connection with the fraudulent deals, prosecutors alleged that he had entered into agreements for home repair projects with five homeowners who paid him a total sum of $28,875, but he never completed the agreed-upon work.

Alongside the fraudulent agreements, Raoul said Giuffre also provided a fraudulent Certificate of Liability to one of his victims.

This week, it was announced that Giuffre was sentenced to five years in prison by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Ursula Walowski and five years in prison by Will County Circuit Court Judge Jessica Colon-Sayre.

Giuffre’s sentences will be served concurrently.

Raoul’s office did not provide a booking photo for Giuffre.