Construction Owner Charged With Selling His Comp Coverage Certificate to Subcontractors

The owner of a construction firm has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly operating a shell company for the sole purpose of selling the company’s workers’ compensation certificate, investigators say. The Department of Financial Services’ Bureau of Insurance Fraud received a tip from the Florida Carpenters Union alleging that Leon “Chuy” Jimenez might be engaged in illegal activity. Chuy owns Chuy Construction Co. and claimed he employed 50 people to perform drywall and basic construction services across Central Florida. Between August 2014 and May ...