Victim Location 20111 Total Loss of Money $4,640 Type of scam DOR Maximo Gonzalez was the first person to contact me, he represented Arizona-based Contractor Solutions LLC, but this company apparently works from different states, Maximo was from New York according to his phone number and electronic signature. Apparently, they work in such a way that they are hired by investors to carry out work such as construction work, etc. My husband is a concrete contractor, so we were contacted to manage a 7-house concrete project in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They wanted us to remove the current asphalt and make the walkways with concrete. They offered to pay a total of $76,750 just for the work, they said the investor would provide all the materials etc. needed for the work. One of the requirements was that we needed an insurance policy from “General Aggregate & Worker`s Comp: 5 million general aggregates all year active no umbrella no split insurance policy and 2 million workers Comp full year active no umbrella no split insurance policy” We currently have a 1 million national insurance policy when I called my own insurance company to increase coverage, they said they didn`t offer as much and were shocked that someone asked for so much coverage. Max then told me that they had an insurance company they work with “Colony Insurance Company, 3191 Maguire Blvd Orlando, FL 32803”, my contact was Robert Castano, (407) 225-1719 [email protected] He explained that the policy cost $6,250, but if I paid it in full for the year, it would cost $2,640 because I would get a business discount, since I was recommended by Contractor Solutions LLC (Maximo Gonzalez) since my own insurance company did not offer such high insurance that I had no choice but to buy this insurance policy and pay it in full for the year in order to get the main discount so that I could get the discount from both Robert and Maximo, I said I had to go to my bank and ask for a cash check for $2,640 and deposit it into a Bank of America #325129120193 bank account to Billy Gene Greer Jr. I then found it strange that they asked me to do this instead of paying Robert, the insurer, directly. After going back and forth, they convinced me and told me that this was the way they did business, but at that time the bank was closed. Max then told me to send the money via “Zelle”, but Zelle only allowed me to send $1000 a day, so because I had the appointment the next day on February 26, 2020 to meet investors Jason Hernandez and Andrew Williams, max then asks me how I can send the money for the insurance policy, because to meet the investors, I had to have the insurance policy. I then told him that I could send it via Apple Pay or Cashapp, he told me to send the rest of the money which was $1,640 via Cashapp to “Billy, username: $DJKraft 951” when I paid, which was Tuesday, February 25, 2020. He told me he would send me all the insurance documents and real estate IDs to meet the investors the next day at 2 p.m.m.
The next day, I receive a call from investor Jason Hernandez (571) 365-3640 to confirm our appointment and say that we will meet in the community of Fredericksburg, VA, at the construction site at 11031 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA 22408. He told me that he would pay me 50% upfront, or $38,375, to ensure that the work was ours, after allegedly depositing the money, I get a call from Michael Rodriguez (602) 512-9809, the man from the finance department who says that to receive the payment, I have to pay a 10% deposit, which was basically the case. that the IRS didn`t think it was fraud or money laundering, etc. At that moment I told them that Jason had never shown up, I called him twice, I wrote to him several times after waiting for him for 2 hours and he got up for us, I would not pay any more money and I wanted to say everything with them and all my money, the sum of $4640. Michael hung up and after trying to Call Michael, Maximo, Jason and Robert back, no one answered me. .