A sweeping new compliance crackdown on unethical and unlicensed building work across South Australia has seen the state’s consumer regulator publicly name and penalize eight tradespeople and businesses, with total fines issued this year exceeding $200,000. South Australia’s Consumer and Business Services (CBS) launched a specialized, dedicated enforcement team earlier this year to target bad actors in the building industry, a sector that has long drawn complaints from homeowners over shoddy work, unfinished projects and unlicensed operation. As part of the crackdown, the regulator has published a public list of all businesses and individuals hit with enforcement penalties to warn consumers and deter future rogue practices. The highest-profile individual on the new list is 38-year-old home renovator Jase Henry, who operates under the business name SOS Home Renovations from Klemzig. Just last week, CBS issued a public warning about Henry after receiving 13 separate consumer complaints about the quality of his work. He has now been hit with $25,000 in expiation penalties for five counts of advertising and working as a licensed building contractor without holding the appropriate license. When approached by local outlet *The Advertiser*, Henry’s legal representatives declined to comment on the penalties, and CBS confirmed that investigations into additional potential violations by Henry remain ongoing. Other penalties handed down in the crackdown include a $75,000 fine against 49-year-old Khorshed Alam of Seacliff Park. Alam was penalized for three counts of operating without a license and three additional counts of completing building work without required builders indemnity insurance, after he claimed to be an owner-builder for three separate properties across Salisbury and Elizabeth East. Other small business operators received penalties ranging from $5,000 to $10,000: Anu Anand, 44 of Findon, trading as The Décor Planet SA, was fined $5,000 for unlicensed operation; Ras Pro Pty Ltd, led by director Hassan Ayoub, 25 of Hope Valley, received a $5,000 penalty for advertising building work without a license; Mohammed Konneh, 29 of Parafield Gardens who trades as MFK Roofing, was also fined $5,000 for unlicensed advertising following consumer complaints about incomplete and low-quality work; Michael Wheeler, 38 of Port Noarlunga, trading as Maintena Property Maintenance, received a $5,000 penalty for unlicensed operation; 24-year-old Brady Lachlan Moldenhauer of Gawler South was hit with $10,000 in penalties for failing to attend two mandatory consumer conciliation conferences; and Toby Brett Maple-Harradine, 31 of Aldinga Beach, received a $5,000 penalty for skipping a required conciliation conference. CBS emphasized that Moldenhauer and Maple-Harradine have not been accused of unlicensed operation. Speaking to the purpose of the public naming and crackdown, South Australia’s Consumer and Business Affairs Minister Michael Brown noted that for most local residents, a home construction or renovation project represents the largest single investment they will ever make. “Most tradies do the right thing by their customers and follow licensing rules, but we accept no excuses for unlicensed work, missing indemnity insurance or leaving homeowners stranded with half-finished projects,” Brown said. “We refuse to tolerate this behavior, and our dedicated compliance team is actively cracking down on these rogue operators.” Of the eight named individuals, only Konneh responded to requests for comment, telling *The Advertiser* he had recently relocated to South Australia from Brisbane and completed up to six jobs worth between $25,000 and $30,000 total before being asked to take down his advertising website. He added that he planned to reach out to CBS to resolve the issue. All other named parties did not respond to media inquiries.