Almost three years ago, in May of 2023, a circuit court judge in Lee County, Florida, sharply criticized a restoration contractor, accusing him of concealing the true cost of condominium roof work in an assignment-of-benefits claim with Tower Hill insurance.
Six months later, the state Department of Financial Services and local prosecutors brought criminal fraud charges against the contractor, Ricky McGraw, of South Florida Restoration Services, charging him with insurance fraud and grand theft. Florida’s chief financial officer at the time, Jimmy Patronis, now a Congressman, called the alleged fraud “despicable” and a reason behind