Varysburg man charged with grand larceny, scheme to defraud in Orleans County

David J. Fladie

A Wyoming County man is accused of accepting payments for work as a contractor and then not starting or finishing the jobs.

David J. Fladie of Varysburg was charged last week on three counts of grand larceny in the 3rd degree and three counts of scheme to defraud in the 1st degree, Sheriff Chris Bourke said today.

The charges involve three separate cases. The amount of funds taken from the victims totaled $63,700. Fladie surrendered to Investigator Brian Marsceill on Jan. 25 at the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, where he was processed and released. Later that same day, Fladie surrendered himself at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, where he also was processed and released, according to a news release from Sheriff Bourke.

Fladie is to appear in the Town of Murray, Town of Clarendon, and Town of Clarkson Courts.

The arrests are the result of a several month-long cooperative investigation led by the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, under the direction of Sheriff Bourke, and the New York State Department of Financial Services – Criminal Investigation Bureau, under the direction of Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris.