The unlicensed contractor is permanently banned from working in the home building industry, and consumers have been repeatedly warned not to deal with him. The most recent warning was issued on February 2. 

“This warning prompted someone to come forward with vital information which allowed Queensland police, with the help of the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, to find and arrest Rixon,” NSW Minister for Better Regulation Matthew Kean said.

NSW Fair Trading has brought multiple court proceedings against Rixon, and issued numerous public warnings about dealing with him, since 2013.

Rixon was arrested by police from a Bundall office on Wednesday morning.

He was the subject of a warrant issued in NSW on January 12 after he failed to appear in the NSW Supreme Court.

The 33-year-old appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday where he was refused bail and extradited to Raymond Terrace Police Station.

Officers from Port Stephens/Hunter Police District charged Rixon with six counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.

He appeared before Raymond Terrace Local Court on Friday where he was refused bail. He is due to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Thursday, March 1.

Rixon has been banned from the construction industry since 2013 after NSW Fair Trading began issuing public warnings and launched proceedings against him the previous year.

Fair Trading previously described him as a “serial offender”, an unlicensed contractor and an undischarged bankrupt, warning the public he continued to take money from customers.