Homeowners Sue Contractor Who Faked His Own Death

A Florida contractor has apparently come up with a morbid way of getting out of reimbursing angry clients. 

Mark Anthony Perez, 52, is being accused of botching renovations on an 825-square-foot home in Seminole, Fla., and then faking his own death to avoid the disgruntled owners, reports the Tampa Bay Times. Glenn and Judith Holland hired Perez in March 2016 to put in a new kitchen, remodel their bathroom, and install a new water heater, among other renovations. 

They gave Perez a key in April and headed back to their home in Pennsylvania on the understanding that they would move in that December. Over the next eight months, however, Perez demanded more and more money even as work on the house slowed to a crawl. In the meantime, Judith Holland was diagnosed with cancer.

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