(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against an Ohio man for failing to deliver promised animal removal and pest control services to consumers in central Ohio.
Daniel Pavlov, doing business as A Wildlife Wrangler, is accused of violating Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act and Home Solicitation Sales Act. In the lawsuit, Attorney General DeWine seeks reimbursement for affected consumers and an end to any violations of the law.
According to the lawsuit, Pavlov offered animal removal and pest control services under the name A Wildlife Wrangler. He accepted payment from consumers, but on multiple occasions, he allegedly failed to complete the promised services, failed to provide refunds, and failed to provide consumers with proper notice of their cancellation rights.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is aware of five unresolved consumer complaints against A Wildlife Wrangler. Consumers generally said they paid an average of about $2,000 to the company but that after Pavlov did minimal initial work, such as setting up a trap, he failed to return and failed to respond to their calls.
The Attorney General’s lawsuit, filed in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, accuses Pavlov of failing to deliver; performing shoddy, incomplete, or substandard work; failing to register his business name with the Ohio Secretary of State; and failing to provide notice of consumers’ cancellation rights under the Home Solicitation Sales Act.
Consumers who suspect an unfair or deceptive sales practice should contact the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at www.OhioProtects.org or 800-282-0515.
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