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Offline IsailedawayfromFR

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Another day, another scam artist in the solar power industry.

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Only a few short years ago, Abe Issa was a star of the solar energy world.

As the owner of Fort Worth-based solar energy companies, Issa was building an industry-leading profile as owner of some of the fastest-growing businesses in North Texas.

In 2015, he promised a gift of $500,000 to Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business to build the Abe Issa Field Sales Lab. Issa graduated from TCU.

The money never came through, and the sales lab was never built. That’s a good thing for TCU because Issa’s companies have been accused of breaking so many sales rules that the Texas attorney general investigated.

Things got so rough with complaining customers and awful online reviews of his businesses that Issa had to change the names of his companies.

It didn’t help. The attorney general went after both the old companies and the new ones.

In 2018, Issa’s companies agreed to pay $3 million in penalties and restitution to customers who were promised huge savings on their electricity bills if they switched to Issa’s products. Often, those promised savings never materialized.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2020/01/23/once-a-shining-star-of-the-solar-energy-world-this-entrepreneur-is-tied-down-with-penalties/
No punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin~  George Washington

Offline Joe Wooten

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When will folks learn that all the "green" projects are scams?