COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Undercover detectives in Florida have arrested a Colorado Springs man accused of running a fake roofing business and scamming elderly clients.
Polk County, Fla. authorities arrested 33-year-old Bartholomew Rafferty and his brother Patrick after a sting operation.
According to authorities, a senior citizen working with detectives posed as an elderly person who needed roofing help.
The brothers told the woman she needed several repairs and quoted her at about $1,000.
Both men have been charged with exploitation of the elderly, burglary, grant theft and worker's compensation fraud.
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