Alleged Bogus Notary Acknowledgements On Roof Repair Home Improvement Mortgages Leads To Charges Against Florida Man

In Tallahasse, Florida , the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announces:

• Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced [Wednesday] the arrest of a Pinellas County man for allegedly saddling seven homeowners with second mortgages for roof repairs his company performed for the homeowners.

• The defendant - Peter E. Wozniak, 69, of Largo – was charged with 7 counts of false or fraudulent acknowledgements by a notary public. The charges stem from Wozniak asking the victims to sign an installment payment contract for the roof repairs and then notarizing the signatures and allegedly using them without the homeowners’ knowledge to file second mortgages with the Hillsborough County Clerk’s Office in the name of Home Improvement Services, the business for which he worked.

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• [Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement] investigators have identified at least 7 victims but suspect that there may be additional cases in which second mortgages were taken out on homes on which the company installed new roofs.

For the press release, see Bronson Announces Arrest In Mortgage Scam.