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Trimmer Heads to Prison for Ripping Off Customers

June 28, 2023 By Nadeem Muaddi

The Hog Ring - Trimmer Heads to Prison for Ripping Off Customers

Trimmer Joseph M. Fusco will serve up to three years in prison for defrauding a customer.

The owner of The Crooked Stitcher in Fort Ann, New York, pleaded guilty in Washington County Court on April 14 to a felony count of fourth-degree grand larceny. Fusco was arrested after a customer complained that he took more than $1,000 to complete a job and never did. He also failed to refund the customer’s money.

True to his shop name, Fusco has a long history of defrauding customers — but he and his wife, Jennie Fusco, say they’ve just had some “bad luck” impacting their ability to complete projects on time.

In 2001, the couple was acquitted of defrauding a customer. In 2008, they were convicted and sentenced to probation. Two years later, another conviction resulted in a stint in state prison, according to The Post Star.

In fact, the Fusco family is notorious for their crooked business practices. We wrote about them in 2012 and 2019 for ripping off customers.

Hopefully, this is the last time they treat customers badly.

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Filed Under: Archive, Crime, Hall of Shame Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, The Crooked Stitcher

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  1. John Nisselbeck says

    July 8, 2023 at 7:21 am

    This guy is famous in our area for being a crook. He got one guy I know for 2500 and a industrial sewing machine and that guy‘s buddy for 2500. And another guy I met at Stewart’s for 650 in cash. When the guy I know was contacting him, he was just laughing at him saying what are you gonna do.

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