When retired Army veteran Luis Angel Gomez hired Dreamscape Pools for his Hillsborough County, Florida home in 2023, he ...

Jesse LaCoste was charged under Florida's RICO Act for allegedly using his business to steal over $2 million from homeowners ...

Contractors typically ask for deposits upfront, but paying the full contract price before work is complete, as Gomez nearly ...

Only about a third of those who get in the program’s pipeline in getting the required home inspection end up getting the ...

A program official suggested that low-income homeowners might be having trouble funding the true cost of improvement projects ...

The fund is financed through fees and fines collected from licensed contractors across the state. It’s not a taxpayer-funded ...

While Jesse LaCoste has been conivcted of contractor fraud and is now facing 30 years in prison,after a two day trial -- the jury convicted ...

Though there are laws on the books making it criminal for contractors to take money without doing the work, some contractors ...

A pool contractor 10 Investigates first told you about in September faces felony charges. Jason Zabawa is the owner of Sunscape Pools and has given up his license.

There are resources on the Cape Coral website for unlicensed contractors. To report an Unlicensed Contractor performing work within the City of Cape Coral, call 239-242-3783 or email Cape Coral Code ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A contractor hired to build pools in Sarasota and Manatee Counties has given up his contractor’s license. That’s because the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...