Prison For Falmouth Construction Boss After $635K Scam

FALMOUTH, MA — A Falmouth construction boss this week was sentenced to 3-5 years in state prison after admitting to scamming customers across the globe out of more than $635,000. Dennis Desgroseilliers, 69, previously ran DJD Associations and Machinery USA.

Prosecutors said Desgroseilliers did business with clients in the United States and other countries as far away as Nigeria.

"These buyers would provide Desgroseilliers with an agreed upon amount for used construction machinery such as excavators, backhoes, and cranes," Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement this week. "However, in most instances, the equipment was never delivered and customers did not receive refunds from Desgroseilliers, who would fabricate various excuses as to why the equipment had not been delivered."

In one case, Desgroseilliers was paid $110,000 by a Pennsylvania shipping company for heavy-duty construction equipment but he never delivered, Healey said. In another case, he was paid $158,000 by a Nigerian company for an excavator and wheel loader, which also were not delivered, Healey said.

Desgroseilliers was also sentenced to five years probation with the condition he not run a business.

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