ONLY ON FOX5: Las Vegas solar company helps elderly couple targeted in scam

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – An elderly Las Vegas Valley couple thought they were going to have to live with their bad solar decision for the rest of their lives — but they shared their story with FOX5 and a local company stepped in to help.

“I relied on his integrity when he told me that if I installed these solar panels I would get a $9,000 tax rebate when I filed my taxes,” William Scribner told us when he first spoke with FOX5 in May.

The Scribners didn’t qualify for that rebate, and they say, they didn’t understand their solar deal would put a lien on their house when they signed the contract.

Scribner’s wife, Cecelia, tells us that lien will outlive them.

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