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Gregory John Stefan Jr., 53, took money for a headstone and then failed to deliver for his customer, police in Vineland said. Stefan and his father, Gregory John Stefan, Sr., who was involved in previous businesses with his son, have residences in Conshohocken, Upper Darby, and Havertown, PA, records show.
Earlier this year, Pennsylvania Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a settlement with Stefan's company, "1843 LLC," which "often failed to deliver gravestones and gravestone engravings in a timely manner, or not at all."
Officials had previously tried stopping the business, which Stefan runs with his father, Gregory Stefan Sr., and brother, Gerard Stefan, "to prevent them from causing consumers additional grief when obtaining a headstone for their deceased loved ones," Henry's office said.
The Stefans later agreed to to an injunction with a settlement that included restitution for customers harmed. Stefan Sr. previously ran Lifestone by Stefan LLC and Stefan Memorials Inc., and was sued by the AG's Office in 2015. He was later barred from having any involvement in headstone businesses, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
According to 6abc, Stefan went on to open Colonial Memorials in New Jersey, where he appears to be bilking customers, again, 6abc reports.
“The Stefans didn’t just take advantage of people, but preyed on those grieving loved ones at a difficult time in their lives,” Henry said. Click here to read up on the years-long case against the Stefans.
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