A Coral Springs man is accused of defrauding an older mentor figure and his former boss out of $250,000 in a yearslong scheme to convince him to buy Shake Shack stock.
Kenneth Robert Rodriguez, 49, is now facing charges of first-degree grand theft of over $100,000, exploitation of an elderly person over $100,000 and obtaining property over $50,000 by fraud, Broward court records show.
Rodriguez’s attorney, A.J. Amoroso, told the Coral Springs News on Feb. 12 that his client has “always had every intention of paying restitution,” and that the wheels have already been set in motion to do so…