Dayton man sentenced in roofing insurance scheme

An employee of a longtime Dayton roofing company was sentenced today on a federal insurance fraud charge.

Gregory Oldiges, who owns Williams Brothers Roofing and Siding Co Inc., and employee Jim Honious were accused in U.S. District Court documents of a yearslong conspiracy of recruiting, transporting and using illegal immigrant workers from Mexico, falsifying documents and wire fraud in a case that started as an investigation of tax fraud.

Honious, 45, of Dayton, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in submitting fraudulent insurance claims for roofing repairs. He was a salesman for the now-defunct company, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart. Honious pleaded guilty in December 2013 to a one-count bill of information in district court.

He was accused of conspiring with Oldiges to defraud insurance providers. Honious was personally responsible for submitting at least 43 fraudulent invoices between Novemer 2010 and December 2012, with the difference between actual invoice amounts and the “dummy” invoices exceeding $75,000, according to the release.

Once Honious is out of prison, he will serve three years on supervised release, must pay more than $75,000 restitution to insurance companies and complete 100 hours of community service, the release stated.

Oldiges pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and other crimes but died last year before he was sentenced.