Ponzi / Pyramid

The certificate said covered. The job site said cash. The gap was the business.

For nearly nine years, an Orlando plastering company sold a paper promise to hundreds of subcontractors: insurance certificates that looked real and a payroll channel that ran in cash. On May 6, 2026, a federal judge put numbers on what it cost.

By Elena Ruiz · May 6
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