MAIMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A person who police say took hundreds of greenbacks from Miami-Dade County citizens to carry out roofing paintings, even supposing he wasn’t authorized to achieve this, was once arrested this week and now his sufferers are talking to Local 10 News.
John Luis McQueen, 64, of Miami, was once arrested on a warrant Wednesday on fees of arranged scheme to defraud, id fraud, grand robbery and contracting and not using a license all over a state of emergency.
According to the warrant, no less than 4 sufferers had been focused between March 2018 and August 2019, however Miami-Dade police showed Friday that they have got now recognized a complete of 13 sufferers.
The warrant states that McQueen, who used the alias’ “Jeff Nash” and “Jeffrey McQueen,” took between $5,450 to $12,900 from every sufferer. The exams had been made out to an organization known as “Champion Roof Consultants, Inc.”
Victoria and her husband Wayne Jackson employed McQueen in June 2019 to re-roof her visitor space, however stated he took over $8,000 from the couple up entrance and not carried out any paintings. He additionally failed to go back her calls and texts.
“What made you think he was legit?” requested Local 10 News reporter Andrew Perez.
“We spoke about Christianity. We spoke about God, I mean we got really personal and he was so nice,” stated Victoria Jackson.
“The story he gave us about family…about his son Christian,” stated Wayne Jackson. “He made us feel welcome. He made us feel like we could trust him. He’s had 37 years of business. Let’s do the work.”
Jackson stated moments were given stressful when McQueen by no means confirmed up to do the roof paintings and disregarded their telephone calls.
Jackson stated when McQueen in the end did resolution, he made threats after which disappeared.
It was once a identical tale with Harold Floyd, who claims his roof paintings was once began earlier than McQueen in the end disappeared.
“I hate to be taken, but I was taken advantage of,” he stated.
In overall, McQueen scammed the 13 sufferers out of about $103,000, police stated.
Police stated he portrayed himself as an authorized contractor to the sufferers and fraudulently applied “the credentials of a legitimate contractor on fake receipts and contracts.”
The investigation was once introduced again in August of 2020 when a sufferer came upon McQueen was once the use of a license quantity that belonged to a wholly other corporate, in accordance to detectives.
Authorities showed he was once posing as an authorized contractor on Sunbiz.com, the state of Florida’s professional industry listing.
As of Friday night time, McQueen was once being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with out bond.
Police stated he additionally had an arrest warrant out of Kentucky for unlawful use of his brother’s id.
Anyone who would possibly be a sufferer of the rip-off is instructed to name Miami-Dade police at 305-876-7373 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-473-8477.
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