HOUSTON – A well-known Houston food blogger says what started as a close friendship ended with tens of thousands of dollars in financial loss — and a civil court judgment he has yet to collect.
Adrian Verde, known to his more than 150,000 Instagram followers as TheHoustonFoodie, says a man he considered a friend convinced him to help with what he described as a “locked” bank account.
“It felt like betrayal, because coming from a trusted friend, you would think, Hey, he’s not going to screw me over,” Verde said…