{"id":5627,"date":"2025-10-17T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/5627\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:00:11","slug":"upper-darby-police-say-pa-pro-contractors-scammed-residents-out-of-thousands-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/5627\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Darby police say PA Pro Contractors scammed residents out of thousands of dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

DREXEL HILL, Pa. (WPVI) — Residents in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, are out thousands of dollars after Upper Darby police said they were scammed by contractors who work under “PA Pro Contractors<\/a>” out of Berwyn.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating three incidents from February and March.<\/p>\n

“All three are similar in their approach in that they start the work, and then they disappear after they get the money,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt.<\/p>\n

Bernhardt said the contractors go by the names of Matthew and Steven, believed to be from Ireland, and drive a pickup truck with roof racks.<\/p>\n

Bernhardt said these contractors took payments from homeowners, but during the work, they claimed more renovations were necessary. Once the contractors received a large deposit to rent equipment, they never returned.<\/p>\n

“This whole thing is about a quarter of a million dollars in loss to all three victims,” said Bernhardt.<\/p>\n

Pictures prove the unfinished mess one homeowner is left with in his basement after he paid nearly $175,000 to repair his foundation.<\/p>\n

As for the two other residents, “They get a knock at their door from a Matthew and a Steven saying, ‘Hey, we’re working the neighbors, and we notice that your steps need work,'” said Bernhardt.<\/p>\n

We spoke off camera with one victim who said this situation made her lose faith in humanity. She said she did her research, signed a contract and trusted the contractors. She said when they took the $25,000 deposit to rent machinery for additional work, she never heard from the contractors again.<\/p>\n

Action News also tried calling the company, but received this response: “This person you are calling cannot accept calls at this time.”<\/p>\n

Bernhardt warned residents to do their research, sign contracts and inquire with the township about contractors before handing over money.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s terrible, and they’re going to be found and they’re going to be held accountable,” said Bernhardt.<\/p>\n

Bernhardt said they’re working with other agencies in the area who may have similar cases. This includes an investigation in North Jersey where a man from the U.K. was arrested and charged in March for similar fraud.<\/p>\n

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