Suffolk County Police have arrested a Mastic man for scamming customers out of more than $20,000 over the past six months.
Steven Vitagliano, owner of Mastic based company Line Up Fence Co, made verbal and written agreements to install fencing on several residential properties within the confines of the Seventh Precinct over the past six months. Vitagliano would accept payment in the form of cash or checks and failed to do the contracted work before he stopped communicating with the customers.
Following an investigation by Seventh Squad detectives, ten victims have been identified as having paid Vitagliano a combined $20,000 over the past six months without receiving a new fence. Vitagliano was arrested at the Seventh Precinct, located at 1491 William Floyd Parkway, at 7:30 p.m.
Vitagliano, 37, of 50 Neptune Ave., was charged with Scheming to Defraud 1st Degree. He was released on an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone who has additional information, or who believes they may have been a victim, is asked to call Seventh Squad detectives at 631-852-8752.
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