South Florida Contractor Gets 10 Years As Habitual Offender For Pocketing Customer Cash & Doing Little/No Work; Still Faces More Charges

In Miami, Florida the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:

• South Florida businessman John T. Pluto, whose company has been the subject of more than 100 consumer complaints and a criminal investigation, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of forgery, grand theft and violating probation. Pluto, who entered a guilty plea as a habitual offender in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

• Pluto is also facing charges in Broward County Circuit Court of fraud and six counts of third-degree grand theft. No date has been set for the hearing in Broward, said Assistant State Attorney T. Don TenBrook. The charges against Pluto, 46, stem from complaints filed by Broward and Miami-Dade consumers who signed contracts with his company, the now-defunct All American Driveways and Pool Decks Inc. Investigators claim Pluto defrauded consumers by entering into construction contracts, requesting up-front payment, then doing little or no work.

For more, see Hollywood contractor gets prison for taking cash, not doing work.

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