BREVARD COUNTY, Fla — Police in Scottsdale, Arizona have arrested two people suspected of defrauding central Florida homeowners out of millions of dollars.
This was a case Action 9 first exposed in 2022 and it involved a company called Legacy Pools.
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The Action 9 team received dozens of complaints about this two years ago. A husband and wife involved with Legacy Pools, Charles and Kristin Black, were arrested earlier this week on a Florida warrant out of Brevard County.
Homeowners who paid big deposits for pools turned to Action 9 claiming Legacy Pools left them with holes in the ground and never finished the work.
The suspects went before a judge in Maricopa County, Arizona on the charges this week. They’re each facing two counts of organized scheme to defraud and five counts of filing false documents.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office told Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal that Charles Black falsified documents to get his contractor’s license and the couple took money from customers but didn’t complete the jobs.
Investigators allege this involves more than 300 victims and around $2,000,000.
Agents from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Unit worked with Statewide Prosecutor’s Office to bring these charges because it involves customers from Brevard, Orange and Osceola counties.
The Blacks are fighting extradition and are each being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond.
In a Facebook post, Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote the couple spent around $2,000,000 on traveling, gym memberships, car rentals, parties and other items.
Sheriff Ivey added, “Nothing makes me more mad than people who take advantage of others for their own benefit!!”
Action 9 will keep provide an update when the suspects are brought back to Florida to face these charges.
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