A Baldwin Borough contractor accused of taking nearly $100,000 for jobs he failed to perform — while withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino — was charged this week with home improvement fraud.
Brian Falce, 46, faces five counts each of home improvement fraud, theft by deception and deceptive business practices.
He was charged by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office’s investigations unit.
According to the criminal complaint, Falce operates Falce Construction Solutions. The complaint details five instances in which customers said they paid Falce for construction projects at their homes. In most instances, no work was done at all, according to investigators.
The oldest allegations date to 2024 when a family in Upper St. Clair paid $35,850 toward a kitchen remodel that was supposed to start that fall.
However, the homeowners learned in February 2025 that Falce had never ordered the cabinets they selected, and he never obtained a building permit from the township either, investigators wrote.
When the couple demanded their money back in June 2025, the complaint that Falce ceased all communication with them.
Another customer paid $25,000 in April 2025 to remodel his kitchen in Dormont, but the work was not done, the complaint said.
Others identified as victims included residents in Jefferson Hills and Bethel Park.
According to the complaint, while Falce was taking payment for jobs but not completing the work, he was withdrawing large amounts of money from ATMs at Rivers Casino.
In July 2024, investigators said, bank records showed $13,264 in withdrawals there. More than $12,000 was taken out in September, and more than $16,000 in December, the complaint said.
In January 2025, the complaint said, $15,763 was withdrawn from Falce’s business account at the casino. The next month, nearly $12,000 was withdrawn at casino ATMs, according to investigators.
In April of that year, detectives said, $35,000 was withdrawn from the business account.
During 2025, investigators said, nearly $5,000 was spent on the FanDuel sports gambling website, but the complaint does not specify whose account was used or who placed the bets.
Court records do not list an attorney for Falce. A message left for him Friday was not immediately returned.