Contractor Charged With Failing to Carry Comp Coverage

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the owner of a contracting firm who allegedly fled a job after receiving a stop-work order for not carrying comp coverage has been formally charged. Carlos Amparo, owner of CNC Contract, allegedly employed three workers without maintaining workers' compensation for about four months beginning in January. According to court papers, officials investigating a construction business working at a hotel in Newport found that the project had been subcontracted to CAC Contract. Investigators issued a stop-work order, saying it would be...