Oklahoma contractor facing embezzlement charges

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond confirmed on Tuesday a Tulsa-area contractor faces seventeen counts of felony embezzlement and one count of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses following an investigation by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit.

Charges were filed yesterday in Creek County against Todd Douglas Briggs, who operated T Briggs Construction and Oasis Pools and Outdoor Living. Briggs is accused of taking more than $1.2 million from 17 customers for home or pool construction that he never completed or for which he never paid subcontractors.

“I am committed to holding accountable anyone who engages in deceitful business practices to take advantage of hardworking Oklahomans. I appreciate the work of the attorneys, investigators and staff in the Consumer Protection Unit as we pursue justice for the families who were exploited.”

Attorney General Gentner Drummond

Briggs informed customers in July 2023 that he was filing for bankruptcy, only days after receiving substantial payments from several of them. The AG’s office says, in turn this action left many with unfinished projects and had liens placed against their homes by unpaid subcontractors.

Consumers in Tulsa, Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Collinsville, Sapulpa, Bixby and Beggs were impacted, according to AG Gentner Drummond’s latest release.

Drummond encourages anyone who believes they may have been a victim of contractor fraud to contact the Consumer Protection Unit at 1-833-681-1895 or Oklahoma.gov/oag.

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