Business: Frivolous or legit? You be the judge: "The voice-mail message sounded credible.
Lawrence A. Kelley III, co-owner of a local investigation firm with branches in Washington and New York, called to say he had sued a local 'slum lord.'
His allegations were grave: Tax fraud. Bribery. Americans with Disabilities Act violations. Narcotics smuggled through the Port of Tampa inside paint cans. Federal and state investigations were already under way, Kelley said.
'I'm sure you'll want to get a piece of this story.'
It wouldn't be the first time Terence J. McCarthy, 50, caught some heat. The St. Petersburg resident was sentenced to three years' probation in the early 1990s for falsifying federal loan documents. In 1995, police visited one of his troubled boarding houses 118 times to handle disturbances."
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