Bogus Contractor Headed to Prison, April 29

A conman who served time in prison for theft conviction in Coos County, is headed back to prison.  Jeffrey Woodhouse will do prison time for stealing money from an elderly Sweet Home couple who took out a home loan to make a down payment on property improvements.  Woodhouse was sentenced to 13-months in prison for Theft and for working as an unlicensed contractor in the Sweet Home case.  The couple paid Woodhouse $4,400 to replace siding and to paint trim.  “The Linn County case was one of many involving the 42-year old Vancouver man who used fictitious business names and bogus contractor license numbers to win clients.”  Since 2006, the CCB has received more than 30 complaints about Woodhouse. He has amassed nearly $50,000 in unpaid civil penalties, one reason the CCB sought criminal prosecution in some Oregon counties.