MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The fraud case involving two men accused of posing as real estate brokers to scam renters took a dramatic turn in Miami-Dade bond court Saturday, as several alleged victims confronted one of the suspects on Zoom, and a judge raised serious concerns about what detectives might be a growing scheme.
Joshua Jeshurun Harrison, 37, of Miami, appeared before a judge Saturday afternoon, just two days after South Miami police said he and Jose Adolfo Lopez, 29, of Chicago, scammed a woman out of $1,800 by falsely promising to help her secure a new apartment.
But in court, multiple additional victims described similar encounters with Harrison, urging Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stephanie Silver to keep him behind bars.
“We beg you not to let him out on bond — he has scammed many victims,” one woman said…