The criminal trial of a contractor who allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars from multiple Ontario cottage owners for renovation projects, but left major jobs unfinished, is set to begin Thursday.
Scott Eisemann, 54, is facing 13 charges in total, including nine counts of fraud over $5,000, three counts of false pretence and one count of mischief to property.
He is set to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia, Ont., for the first of what’s expected to be a multi-day judge-alone trial.
Emily Dyer, Eisemann’s defence lawyer, declined to comment ahead of the trial, including about how her client intends to
