PHOENIX (AZFamily) – Steve Duggins is just one of two dozen Valley homeowners who say they were ripped off by a fake contractor and ex-convict, Steve Venegas. In a previous On Your Side report, Duggins explained how Venegas left him with a huge dirt backyard, an unfinished outdoor kitchen and an incomplete firepit. But only after Duggins paid Venegas $48,000 for the project.