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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Business owner arrested on more charges
DAVIDSON COUNTY — A Trinity man who was accused in April of defrauding multiple customers of his Davidson County business now has been charged in an additional 19 cases, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office announced Friday. Jesse Allen Black, 52, the president and majority owner of Triad Carports and Metal Structures Inc. at 1961 E. U.S. Highway 64 in Lexington, is accused of taking cash deposits for buildings and structures that were never completed. In early 2025, detectives began a fraud investigation that found more than two dozen people who had paid a combined $278,142 for buildings and other structures that were never completed, the sheriff's office said. On April 15, deputies executed a search warrant at Triad Carports, and Black was arrested and charged with 25 counts of felony obtaining property by false pretenses. On Thursday, May 22, after further investigation Black was arrested on an additional 19 counts of felonious obtaining property by false pretenses and two counts of felonious worthless checks involving deposits of a combined $285,726, the sheriff's office said. Black also had issued two checks totaling $47,140 to businesses, but there were insufficient funds in the account to cover the checks, the sheriff's office said. Black has a court hearing set for June 2. Investigators ask that anyone with information related to this investigation contact Lt. C. Goforth with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division at (336) 242-2123.
CBC
24-05-2025
- CBC
Winnipeg man charged with defrauding Inuit org of $2.2M
A 23-year-old man has been charged with defrauding the Qikiqtani Inuit Organization of over $2 million in November last year. Emma Tranter explains.
