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Minnesota Contractor Banned From Business In North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota contractor who allegedly took advantage of an elderly homeowner in North Dakota has been banned from doing business in the state.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued a cease-and-desist order against Joe Beaulieu, doing business as Dakotah Roofing and Remodeling LLC. Beaulieu did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment.

Stenehjem says his office's consumer protection division received a complaint that a homeowner in 2013 gave the company $91,000 in advance for home repair work, and two years later more than $50,000 in repairs have not been completed.

Stenehjem says Beaulieu promised to refund the homeowner $30,000 but did not follow through, and has since stopping communicating with investigators.

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