Rod Colom Construction Rod Colom Theft of Service; Deceptive Trade Practices; Failure to pay for Service; Fraud Ripley, Mississippi

Rod Colom, President of Rod Colom construction entered into a contract for $198,500 with my firm to build box culverts. Rod Colom received the services from my firm and refused to pay for the services provided. He then used a deceptive trade practice, in violation of the MS Consumer Protection Act, by going to my employees and hiring them directly so that his failure to pay me would not stop the job. He never turned in the subcontract agreement between my firm and Colom Construction the the Prime Contractor or Mississippi Department of Transportation as required by regulation, thinking that this was eliminate his obligation to pay my firm.

Rod Colom committed fraud by tuning in falsified certified payrolls to the prime contractor and causing those payrolls to be submitted to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Rod Colom purported to have employees working on his payroll, when in actually all employees on the job were employed by my firm. The Prime contract had made requests for Rod Colom to explain to them in writing why he has no paid my firm, but Rod Colom has not responded to their request. What Mr. Colom doesn't know is that he will not receive any further payments from the Prime Contractor until he has paid my firm.