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re: BR contractor Matt Morris indicted on 135 counts of fraud so far

Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:34 pm to
Posted by Radiojones
The Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2007
10728 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:34 pm to
Made my day to see him get arrested!
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
421945 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:34 pm to
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Trust me it's very much criminal. And 4 other parishes are after him.

meh

this law is abused by prosecutors, often for political or personal reasons

basically it's people using the criminal justice system to act as a collection agent b/c they don't want to sue the alleged villain in civil court. this is one of the few contracts where a dispute over interpretation can lead to CRIMINAL charges

it's just nanny state, big government, political BS usually
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
44077 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:35 pm to
someone on 104.5 around 6:15 PM, might of been on Sports Monday back in october, went on a long arse rant about some shady contractor ripping people off . I wonder if he was referencing this guy.

altho sadly I suspect a lot of contractors were ripping people off .
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38525 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:36 pm to
Mallard Lakes for his home and office ... must have been a great con-artist.
Posted by BLIZZAKE7
BRLA
Member since Apr 2005
6184 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:36 pm to

Posted by GaryMyMan
Shreveport
Member since May 2007
13498 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:37 pm to
Why do so many developers end up like this?

Paying for one job with the money from the next one seems really stupid. I'm a nobody with nothin' and I've got a line of credit with a local bank.
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
8368 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:40 pm to
Plenty of pics of him living like a baller after the flood while he wrecked these people's lives.
Posted by Bmath
LA
Member since Aug 2010
18664 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:41 pm to
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Ok, I hadn't read the article before my comment. I thought he was just taking money and not doing any work.


The article says that he was taking payment without work being completed. Now, it doesn't specify if he ever went back and finished the job.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
65687 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:42 pm to
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Why do so many developers end up like this?


greed
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
421945 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:42 pm to
there are a couple businesses where you can really go on a heater and make a ton of money and just cut corners and think it will never end and end up in a huge bind. i was about to list off a bunch and just realized that a lot of these jobs are based around real estate b/c of the volatility of the markets.
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43080 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:43 pm to
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The article says that he was taking payment without work being completed. Now, it doesn't specify if he ever went back and finished the job.
Fairly obvious he did not go back and finish the jobs.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20486 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:43 pm to
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defrauded my parents and MANY others


So, he's no different than 90% of all contractors.

I hope there's a particularly special place in hell for the ones that prey on the elderly.
Posted by thatguy
Member since Aug 2006
6888 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:43 pm to
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The article says that he was taking payment without work being completed. Now, it doesn't specify if he ever went back and finished the job.


Nope he didn't. Went as far as to verbally and threaten to physically assault my over 60 yr old parents. May this guy rot.
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14054 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:47 pm to
shite heads like this, find their way to every city that is hit by bad storms. they come in, play the game and then leave with a shite load of money, and half the work done.

Move on to another state, rinse, repeat.

karma will be a bitch for these farkers
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
421945 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:48 pm to
did he do the job until the money ran out?

the article describes this as a contractual issue where he was allowed more leeway in change orders and would use this to max out the insurance money and then when there was no money left to pay him, he stopped working. while slimey and possibly fraudulent, that is a contractual issue and not a criminal issue
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47466 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:48 pm to
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I thought this was gonna be about the OT's favorite douchebag, Mark Hinson.


ME TOO!

ETA: shite this guy and I have a TON of mutuals. Did he go to Woodlawn?
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 3:51 pm
Posted by 7thWardTiger
Richmond, Texas
Member since Nov 2009
24670 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:49 pm to
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Nope he didn't. Went as far as to verbally and threaten to physically assault my over 60 yr old parents. May this guy rot.


And he isn't drinking his food out of a straw? I'm no OT badass, but if someone threatened my elderly parents, there would be one helluva arse whooping in order.
Posted by theOG
Member since Feb 2010
10502 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:49 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 3:50 pm
Posted by adamb2151
Houston, Texas
Member since Jun 2013
6586 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:49 pm to
So If I am reading correctly, people were awarding him jobs without obtaining a quote in advance?
Posted by DeltaDoc
The Delta
Member since Jan 2008
16089 posts
Posted on 2/8/17 at 3:50 pm to
That's when you ask him, "can you kick my arse though?"
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