Adam Gardin, 37, pleaded guilty last year to 11 charges of engaging in an “unfair practice” under Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act.

An unlicensed contractor who accepted thousands of dollars in deposits but never completed the jobs has been given probation in two of the three regions he’s been charged in.

A Toronto-area contractor accused of accepting thousands of dollars in deposits, then disappearing, is still in business despite being charged with fraud and forgery, a Global News investigation has discovered.