VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Two brothers are accused of bilking customers out of more than half a million dollars in hurricane roof repair jobs that were either never done or the contactors were never paid, according to the state attorney’s office.
Channel 9 has documented the problems with Carlson Roofing in the past, and Wednesday the two brothers behind the roofing company are behind bars accused of defrauding their customers.
Adolf Carlson and John Carlson are being held with no bond on two first-degree felony charges of organized scheme to defraud.
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State Attorney R.J. Larizza said victims of the scheme are out hundreds of thousands of dollars. He said on Wednesday that after a 15-month investigation, investigators found more than 50 victims in Volusia County alone. Larizza said there could be more victims out there.
Airline tickets, a Disney getaway and Louis Vuitton bags are just some of the items the state attorney’s office said the brothers bought with the close to half a million dollars they're accused of defrauding from customers whose damaged hurricane roofs they were hired to fix.
The brothers were caught up in what the state attorney calls “hurricane hustles.”
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