REGION — A San Diego housing developer whose business activities extend into Carlsbad and Oceanside faces a mounting number of lawsuits alleging he misled investors, failed to pay contractors and sold an ownership interest in an Oceanside property without holding title.
At the center of roughly three dozen legal complaints and millions in loans and investor contributions is local developer Christian Spicer, founder of SDRE Homebuyers (now Infill Innovation), and a network of businesses and associates.
The lawsuits include an Oceanside investor seeking to recover more than $705,000 invested in property the company allegedly did not own, and a retired teacher trying to claw back his $812,000 life savings invested to help provide for his disabled son…