Formal Statement and Rebuttal to the Ohio Attorney General's February 22, 2012 Press Release

Statement issued on: October 13, 2025

Subject: Material Misstatements Regarding Best Choice Egress Windows, Best Choice Industries LLC, and Daniel Perley

This document serves as a formal rebuttal to the press release issued by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on February 22, 2012, which announced a lawsuit against Best Choice Industries LLC, operating as Best Choice Egress Windows, and its owner, Daniel Perley. The information provided in that release is materially incomplete and misleading, omitting crucial facts that establish a fundamentally different context for the legal action.

The assertions of non-cooperation and systemic failure were made during a period where Mr. Perley was unjustly incapacitated and intentionally cut off from all communication and due process by malicious third-party actions.

1. Refutation of Claim: “We have tried to resolve the problems, but the owner stopped communicating with our office.”

The assertion that the Attorney General's office attempted to resolve problems or that Mr. Perley intentionally "stopped communicating" is categorically false.

At the time the complaints were alleged, and subsequently, during the filing of the lawsuit, Mr. Perley was not only unaware of the specific legal actions but was also physically incapacitated and incarcerated due to the false and malicious actions orchestrated by the other 50% owner of Best Choice Egress Windows, Jonathan Jackson.

It is a demonstrable fact that the Attorney General’s office never attempted to communicate directly with Daniel Perley regarding the few customers who Mr. Perley was unable to contact due to his incapacitation and who Jonathan Jackson made no effort to contact though he was perfectly able and had a duty to do so, nor was Perley served with notice of the escalating issues prior to the filing. This deliberate failure to notify Mr. Perley of the complaints while he was unfairly detained ensured he could not address or mitigate the alleged consumer issues, allowing the matter to proceed based on one-sided, unchallenged information.

2. Correction of Claim: Better Business Bureau Accreditation Misrepresentation

The press release states that the business misrepresented its accreditation status, noting an "F" rating. This assertion obscures a critical act of intentional deception by the third party, Jonathan Jackson.

Best Choice Egress Windows (the LLC owned by Daniel Perley and Jonathan Jackson) was, in fact, a properly accredited entity with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) at that time. Below is the code inserted into their website by the BBB Accreditation Code Snippet issued to the business by the BBB themselves:

                    
                       <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100304173329/https://www.bbb.org/online/consumer/cks.aspx?id=108100172653" target="_blank">
                       		<img id="e49" name="e49" src="/web/20100304173329im_/http://www.bestchoiceegresswindows.com/bestchoice001018.gif" title="Click to verify BBB accreditation and to see a BBB report." alt="Click to verify BBB accreditation and to see a BBB report." align="right" border="0">
                       </a>
                    
                

The true accreditation status was sabotaged when Mr. Jackson wrongfully filed a separate, fictitious business name intended to mimic the LLC's identity. Mr. Jackson then successfully misrepresented *his* version of the company to the BBB, effectively hijacking the accreditation standing. The BBB was made aware of Mr. Jackson's second, deceptive company, yet the organization failed to notify Mr. Perley of this intentional deceit or simply disable the existing, valid accreditation code before the AG's press release.

3. Conclusion on the Cause of Action

It must be clarified that the systemic failure and subsequent legal action were not the result of negligence or malice on the part of Daniel Perley, but rather the direct, intended consequence of fraudulent and malicious actions orchestrated by Mr. Jackson.

These actions, which led to Mr. Perley's unjust incarceration, effectively disabled the legitimate operation of Best Choice Egress Windows, created the environment for consumer dissatisfaction, and provided the false narrative used to justify the Attorney General's lawsuit.

This rebuttal is issued to correct the public record and provide the essential, omitted context necessary for an honest evaluation of the events of 2012. Documentation exists to support these claims, proving that Mr. Perley was the victim of internal, malicious fraud, not the perpetrator of consumer deception.