AC company owner and employees accused of stealing millions by forging signatures

The police announced the arrest of Louis Bruno IV of Bruno Total Home Performance and a woman who helped him run the company."Louis Bruno, along with his general manager Tammy Schreier and several other co-conspirators engaged in an ongoing systematic course of conduct with the intent to defraud consumers," said police chief Dave Newlan.

PART..IT’S DEFINITELY NOTWRITTEN ALL OVER HIS FAC(MUG SHOT OF LOUIS)SMILING IN HIS MUG SHOT, 31 YEAROLD LOUIS BRUNO THE FOURTH,STANDS ACCUSED OF A STRING OFELONIES.

AND HE’S NOT THE ONLYONE.(BRING IN MUG SHOT OF TAMMY)THE 54 WOMAN- WHO RAN THINGSWITH HIM BRUNO HOME PERFORMANCE- ALSO ARRESTED.

AND THE CAPECORAL POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY HADA LOT OF HELP.(2:50- 3;06)DAVE NEWLAN/CAPE CORAL POLICECHIEF: Louis Bruno along withhis general manager TammySchrier and several other coconspirators engaged in anongoing systematic courseconduct with the intend todefraud consumers.(SHOTS OF RAID)4 IN YOUR CORNER WAS THERERECORDING THE WHOLE SCENE ASOFFICERS RAIDED THE COMPANY’SOFFICES IN LEE COUNTY BACK IJANUARY OF 2019 - CARRYING OUTLOADS OF CELL PHONES, LAPTOPSAND IPADS..

AMIDST THE COMPANY’SBRIGHTLY PAINTED TRUCKS.

THEPOLICE CHIEF SAYS BRUNO’SEMPLOYEES WERE USING SOME OFTHAT TECH TO INITITIAL ANELABROATE SCHEME TO STEAL UNDERTHE GUISE OF GIVING FREE AIRCONDITIONING QUOTES.(4:07-4:21)DAVE NEWLAN/CAPE CORAL POLICECHIEF: They would ask thecustomer to sign the estimate onan electronic device such anIPAD and that signature would betransferred to a sale contractwithout the customers’knowledge.(4:33-:36)DAVE NEWLAN/CAPE CORAL POLICECHIEF: And in some cases whenthe customer was physicallyunable to sign anything, theirsignature was forged.(SHOW BRUNO)POLICE SAY BRUNO WOULD USE THOSESIGNATURES .(show website floridapace.gov -https://floridapace.gov/ )..

GET TO MONEY BORROWED IN THECUSTOMERS’ NAMES UNDER THIFLORIDA PROGRAM..KNOWN ASPACE..DESIGNED TO GIVEHOMEOWNERS LOANS TO MAKE ENERGYEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS - LIKEBETTER A-C’S - ON THEIR HOMES.(4:53-5:09)DAVE NEWLAN/CAPE CORAL POLICECHIEF: Many victims did notrealize they had not beenscammed until they received astatement from the lendershowing in fact they were takiout a home improvement loan.

Inaddition, Louis Bruno had filedliens against several victims.THE CHIEF SAYS THE CITYIMMEDIATELY HALTED THOSE LIENPROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE VICTIMS.HE ALSO SAYS A TOTAL OF MORETHAN 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS WERESTOLEN.

AND MORE THAN 240COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE COMPANYFOR THE LATEST ON THE FRAUDARRESTS AND THE ENSUING LEGALCASE, KEEP US IN YOUR BOOK