Florida woman arrested for fraud and grand theft

Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on February 4th that Angela M. Moore, age 42 has been charged with a scheme to defraud, grand theft and operating as a real estate broker without a license. Ms. Moore has been under investigation since November of 2008.

Ms. Moore, who resides in Lehigh Acres, has been under investigation since a complaint came into the Attorney General’s Office back in early November of 2008. The complaint charged that Ms. Moore with failing to supply a buyer with his warranty deed or property deed in connection with the online sale of property. The sale was conducted as an auction with landbiz.com in June of 2008. The Warranty deed should have been provided to the buyer within forty eight hours of the sale. The buyer had wired the funds to Ms. Moore’s account and had not been able to get in contact with her.

The case was given to the County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crime Unit for investigation. The unit discovered that Ms. Moore was running a company called Home Design Consultants which was the center of illegal real estate activity. Ms. Moore had scammed over sixty-three thousand dollars from online buyers.

Ms. Moore was scammed a local High School. Cape Coral Island High School purchased a solar powered filtration system from Ms. Moore for five thousand three hundred dollars. The school never received the system and it was never installed.

The investigation into Ms. Moore was wrapping up when the crime unit received another complaint involving Ms. Moore. The complaint stemmed around a job fair that was being conducted online on Craigslist. Ms. Moore on February 1st gave a presentation to job applicants in regard to positions that would be available with Home Design Consultants. Potential employees were required to pay ten dollars for the purchase of a Magic Jack. Several individuals did not receive their Magic Jack and three individuals were hired by Ms. Moore however those individuals were paid seven hundred dollars in wages that bounced upon attempting to cash.  Twelve individuals were scammed in this manner.