MDSO: Phony contractor who swindled $9K out of Miami-Dade homeowner cited ‘financial hardship’

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 51-year-old man who deputies said posed as a contractor to secure a $9,000 deposit for a home renovation project he never started was arrested Tuesday, more than two years after the alleged scheme.

The suspect was identified by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office as Julio Rodriguez, of Miami Beach.

Deputies said the incident happened March 20, 2024, at a home near the 15000 block of Southwest 99th Lane in the Hammocks community of southwest Miami-Dade…

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