Alleged Snowplow scammer facing thousands in past claims

Updated: Friday, January 16 2015, 06:38 PM EST

Rochester, N.Y. - Hes facing felony charges for defrauding at least 33 people. 13 WHAM News has uncovered new information about this snow plow operator, raising new questions about his past.

39 year old Scott Romero may have avoided prosecution and jail in Buffalo in 2011, but as part of the lawsuit filed by the attorney general he agreed to pay his victims back. Now theres evidence of other claims made in Rochester before that date.

Claims were filed against Romero, who was doing business under a different company name. While the claims are not part of the current criminal case, they do help to paint a pattern of behavior required to prove a felony.

As soon as I saw him on the news on television, I said, 'oh my God thats the guy who sat right here in the kitchen,' said Sue Bianchi.

His name may be Scott Romero, yet thats not the name on the contract he signed when he agreed to plow Sue and Joe Bianchis driveway in Greece this season. Instead, he used the name Andy Stewart.

At least 33 people in eight Monroe County towns contracted with Stewart and his company Metro, or Met Construction. They claim they never received the services they were promised.

Romeros lawyer says it will be difficult to prove this was intentional and not simply bad business.

Intent is what the person was thinking at the time. If the matter proceeds to litigation, that is something that we will challenge, said Attorney Dan Aureli.

Questions remain whether Romero changed his name to cover up a past that included the settlement of a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in Buffalo in 2011.

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Alleged Snowplow scammer facing thousands in past claims