>> WAS LIKE A GHOST TOWN OUT HERE. SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS TO SEE US AS THE OWNER CLOSED ON A LOT IN NOVEMBER 2021, THE BUILDER PULL THE PERMITS HERE 3 MONTHS LATER. AND NOW 3 YEARS LATER, THIS IS ALL SHE HAS TO SHOW FOR IT. THE BUILDING PERMIT SHOWS 2 CONTRACTORS BLACKMAN CUSTOM BUILDERS AND DISTINCTIVE HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP. WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THESE HOUSES. THERE'S ONE, 2, 3, 4, RIGHT HERE WITH A JUST A FEW 100 YARDS HOMEOWNER ABOUT THIS LOT IS 2019. LET'S SEE HERE. IN THE FIRST BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR SAYS THEIR DECEMBER OF 2019. IT WILL LOOK TO SEE THE CONTRACTORS ARE. YEAH, LISTEN. BLACKMON CUSTOM BUILDERS, THE STINK OF HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND THIS HOUSE IS STILL UNFINISHED TODAY. WE FIRST GOT OUT HERE TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY BACK IN MARCH. WHEN I GOT A TIP THAT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE BLAMING BANKS FOR LETTING CONSTRUCTION LOANS EXTENDED YEARS. IN SOME CASES, THESE HOMES WERE NEVER FINISHED. BUT THE MORE WE DUG INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, THE MORE WE UNCOVERED, THIS WASN'T JUST A BANKING PROBLEM. SOMETHING ELSE MUCH DEEPER WAS GOING ON HERE. >> WE'RE HEADING MY PROPERTY ON FURNACE ROAD EXTENSION. WHAT I FIRST WAS LOOKING AT BUYING THIS PROPERTY, THESE HOMES RIGHT HERE, STARTING HERE, THIS WHITE ONE AND SCREEN, WE'RE JUST SITTING HALF BILLS, YOU KNOW, WITH NO WINDOWS. THEY'VE SINCE BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE ANOTHER BUILDER HAS COME IN AND COMPLETED THEM. I THINK IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 2 UNFINISHED HOMES HERE THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR YEARS. LAST SUMMER. LISA LABELLE THOUGHT SHE FOUND THE PERFECT PIECE OF LINCOLN COUNTY. OKAY. SO THIS IS. >> MY MY HOUSE. WELCOME TO MY HOME. LABELLE BOUGHT THIS LOT AND UNFINISHED FOUNDATION FOR THE LION REAL ESTATE GROUP LIONS LISTING AGENT WAS LINCOLN COUNTY REALTOR, JOY KADO. I'M TYPING 18, 16 FURNACE. >> THIS IS JOY. KIND OF THIS WAS THE LISTING AGENT. THIS IS MARIO'S WIFE AND SHE WAS THE LISTING AGENT FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE REALTORS HUSBAND, MARIO CONDO IN HIS DISTINCTIVE HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP WAS SUPPOSED TO BUILD LABELLE A CUSTOM HOME HERE. WHAT ELSE IS SHE WIRED MARIO $150,000 TO BUY THE LAND AND A DEPOSIT ON THE BUILD. >> THEN WEEKS WENT BY. >> THE MAILBOX BELONGING TO. >> THE BILL SAYS MARIO CONDO STOPPED COMMUNICATING. NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE, KEPT DRIVING TO THE LOT ON THE WEEKENDS. NOTHING'S GOING ON. NOTHING'S HAPPENING. AND I'M FINDING THIS STRANGE AND I'M DRIVING OUT THERE AND NEVER SEEING ANY TYPE OF WORK BEING DONE ON ANY OF THE HOUSE. ISN'T THAT WAS A RED FLAG. I SEE ALL THESE HATE-FILLED HOUSES. WHY DO I NEVER SEE TRADESMEN? NORTH CAROLINA LABELLE STARTED DIGGING. I STARTED PULLING ALL OF THE LOTS IN THAT WHOLE SUBDIVISION. AND AS I'M PULLING IT DOING ADDRESS AFTER ADDRESS, I'M SCENE. THAT THE DATE THAT THE HOUSES PER PURCHASE. AND I'M HAVING THE HORRIFIC REALIZATION THAT NONE OF THE HOUSES ARE, DON. AND IT'S DATING BACK TO LATE 2019, 2020 LINCOLN COUNTY RECORDS SHOW 14 PROPERTIES IN THIS SUBDIVISION WERE ALL OWNED BY MARIE OCADO'S LYING IN REAL ESTATE GROUP. >> AND LATER SOLD TO HOMEOWNERS BETWEEN 2020 2023, 11 OF THOSE 14, LOTS HAVE BUILDING PERMITS LISTING JEROME BLACK MEN IN BLACK MEN, CUSTOM BUILDERS AS THE ORIGINAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR. THEN LAST YEAR, MARIO CONDO TRANSFERRED THE PERMITS TO HIS DISTINCTIVE HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP WHERE HE'S LISTED AS A MANAGING MEMBER ALONG WITH BARBARA NORMAN, WHO IS ALSO THE NEW GENERAL CONTRACTOR. HE USED TO REPLACE BLACKMON THE STATE'S LICENSING BOARD CONFIRMED MARIO CONDO IS NOT A LICENSE. JUICY. ONLY ONE OF THOSE 11 LINCOLNTON HOMES INVOLVING MARIO CONDO IN JEROME BLACKMON WAS EVER FINISHED. YEAH. SO I GIVEN MISTER CADDO $158,000 CASH 2 MONTHS AFTER CLOSING LABELLE SAYS NOTHING HAPPENED AT HER LOT. >> THE CONTRACT WITH MARIO AND DISTINCTIVE HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP SHOWS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE JOB IN APRIL IN BETWEEN THAT TIME WHEN I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG, I REACHED OUT TO THIS LOAN OFFICER AT JOINT CREDIT UNION. SHERRY, THIS BACK TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS. SHERRY BISMACK NEW THE FURNACE ROAD EXTENSION SUBDIVISION. WELL, NEARLY EVERY LAND HOME DEAL, THE CARS MADE THEIR HAD A CONSTRUCTION LOAN WITH SHERRY. THIS BACK AS THE LOAN OFFICER, EVERY HOMEOWNER WE SPOKE TO CONFIRMED THAT FACT. AND SHE SAID, WELL, LET ME LET ME REACH OUT TO HIM. AND I SAID SHERRY. >> WE DO KNOW MARIO TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. ARE YOU A RELATIVE LIKE THIS IS STRANGE? AND SHE ASSURED ME THAT SHE WAS. AND I SAID, WELL, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AT MY HOUSE, RIGHT? SO THE SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG. LABELLE ESCALATED HER COMPLAINTS AT RELIANT TO NOW. HE HAS $300,000 AND I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS BEEN STARTED AND I E-MAILED THE DISBURSEMENT AGENT IN JULY AND SAID THERE'S FOR I THINK THERE'S FRAUD GOING ON HERE. I THINK I'M BEING A FRIED IS BEING COMMITTED AGAINST ME. AND I KNEW THAT IF I DID THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU KNOW FRIDAY, THE BANK, THEY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE IT. AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. AND THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT CONVERSATION FRAMING STARTED AT MY HOUSE, ALL OF THE WOOD WAS JUST THE 2 DAYS THEY WERE HERE IN NOVEMBER OF. >> 2023 LABELLE DID NOT STOP THERE. SHE FILED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. >> INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN'S OFFICE FIERCER. THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION HAS WRITTEN YOU TWICE REGARDING THIS LEASE LABELLE COMPLAINT. WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE STATING YOUR POSITION. THE AGS OFFICE SENT LETTERS BUT MARIO CONDO NEVER RESPONDED INSTEAD OF PUSHING HARDER STEIN'S OFFICE CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION. BUT YOU GOT A LETTER FROM THE AGS OFFICE IN IT ESSENTIALLY SAID BECAUSE WE COULD NOT CONTACT THE PERSON YOU'RE FILING THE COMPLAINTS ON. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. WE GAVE OUT CORRECT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. >> IT'S HORRIFYING. I WAS SHOCKED IN MY OPINION. IT'S IT'S A USELESS PROCESS. IF THAT'S THE OUTCOME IN FEBRUARY, LISA LABELLE FILED A CRIMINAL FRAUD COMPLAINT AGAINST MARIO CONDO WITH THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE BILL SAYS SINCE THEN SHE'S HEARD NOTHING AND ASK US TO HELP. YEAH, THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE FRONT DOOR. LISA LABELLE NOW HAS A MORTGAGE PAYMENT FOR A HOME. SHE WILL NEVER LIVE IN THE BLAST. MY LIFE SAVINGS ON THIS TRANSACTION. I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO TO FORECLOSE ON THE LOAN. THE DAY WE SHOT THIS INTERVIEW, SHE GOT THAT FORECLOSURE LETTER FROM TRUE LION. WE STILL A BELL BLAMES HER BANK FOR THIS SLOT TELLS A STORY. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS I. >> I'VE TALKED TO THEM AND TRIED TO RALLY THE TROOPS TOO. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ABOUT MARIO COMING UP >> STANDING WHY DID YOU HURT MY LIFE? HE BROKE HER HEART IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU HAVE BUILT THEM OUT OF THEIR LIFE, SAVINGS, THEIR RETIREMENT. YOU NEED TO DIVE A LIT WELL, THE FIRST THINGS THAT THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO FIND EVERY PIECE OF LAND CONNECTED TO JOY AND MARIO CONDO. >> WELL, A SECOND SUBDIVISION WITH ABOUT A DOZEN LOT. WELL, THE CHURCHILL LANE NEAR THE TOWN OF MAY. >> THIS UNFINISHED HOUSE WAS THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WHEN I GOT OUT HERE AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN SITTING UNFINISHED FOR A LONG TIME. THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019. CONTRACTOR, THE STINK OF HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP ALONG WITH BLACK MEN, CUSTOM BUILDERS. AND ACCORDING TO THIS BUILDING PERMIT, THE LAST INSPECTION LAST YEAR. THESE 2 LOTS ALSO INVOLVED ALLY REAL ESTATE GROUP AND MARIO CONDO. BUT WHEN I FIRST MADE THE TRIP OUT HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, THESE HOMES LOOKED A LOT LIKE THE ONE WE JUST LOOKED AT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. >> HE AFTER HE KNEW THERE WAS A LIEN ON PHONES ON MY WHOLE. >> AND HE KNEW I WAS SERVED WITH PAPERWORK FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I WAS BEING SUED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PEOPLE HE DIDN'T PAY. AND ANY TIME TRYING TO TAKE A DRAW AFTER THAT MORE THAN 3 YEARS AGO, GM AND DANA, BUT NOT OF THOUGHT THEY'D FOUND THE HOME. THEY SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN THAT SCORE JUST RIGHT. BUT AS SOON AS THE KNOWS, BUT THE LOT FROM JOYA MARIO CONDO IN SIGNED A NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. >> THE TROUBLE STARTED. WE CLOSE DECEMBER. NOVEMBER 2021. HE DIDN'T BREAK GROUND UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2022. >> AND THEN DID NOTHING UNTIL WE HAD STICKS AND BRICKS IN APRIL OF 2023. >> MY WIFE IS DRIVE BY THE HOUSE CRYING. SHE HOUSES SAID NOTHING'S BEEN DONE ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. IT'S THE SAME AND SHE CRIED BECAUSE I MEAN, IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO A WOMAN ENTERED. IT'S HER HOUSE AND SHE WOULD CRY AND IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TO SEE THAT TONIGHT. I TRIED TO SAY IT WILL BE OK, HE'LL GET IT DONE. BUT IN ON YOU, I KNEW WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS CAN TAKE US FOR A RIDE AND HURT US. IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. TO STAND IN A ROOM WITH HIM AND WHAT YOU SAY AND THE NICE I WILL WHY DID YOU HURT MY WIFE? HE BROKE HER HEART. SHE BROKE HER HEART. >> AND I SAW 40 TO 42. AND I COULDN'T CRY. I HAVE TO BE VERY STRONG FOR HER. THAT WOULD TELL HIM SO I THINK ANSWER IS MONEY. BLACKMAN CUSTOM BUILDERS WAS THE BANANAS, ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR. THEN LAST YEAR, 3 YEARS INTO THE BUILD, MARIO CONDOS, DISTINCT OF HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP TOOK OVER. EVEN WITH ALL THESE DELAYS, WE WERE GIVING HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BECAUSE MARIO WAS VERY GOOD AT JUST GIVING YOU ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU THERE. >> AND GIVING YOU ENOUGH FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DRUGS FROM THE BANK AND DO WHAT HE WANTED WITH. THOSE DRAWS. >> WHICH MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AFFECTED NOT KNOW WHAT HE DID WITH SOME STRONG. SOME BANKS TYPICALLY RELEASE PAYMENTS KNOWN AS DRAWS TO BUILDERS AFTER AN INSPECTION TO CONFIRM THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING IN SUB CONTRACTORS ARE BEING PAID THE. BUT I DO SAY THERE'S NO WAY THAT HAPPENED IN THE DRAWS CITIZENS BANK PAID TO MARIO CONDO FROM THEIR LOAN. THE BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET DRAWN WITHOUT FEELING THAT YOU'RE BEING HERE. SO WE WERE WONDERING WHY THAT WAS TAKING PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT IN NOVEMBER. A DEPUTY SERVED THE BUT NOT AS WITH THE $16,000 LEAN. >> FROM A BUILDING SUPPLIER WHO CLAIMS IT WAS NEVER PAID FOR CUSTOM WINDOWS ORDERED FOR THE HOME, THE BUT NANOS IMMEDIATELY FIRED. MARIO CAUGHT MOST OF THE STUFF OUTSIDE IS ALREADY BEING COVERED IN HIGHER. MINUTES TO FINISH THE JOB. WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF 8 DRAWS THAT MARIO CAUGHT ON YOUR MORTGAGE? $147,000. THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ARE BUILT. >> AND I WELL, APPLES. DONE TO THE HOUSE THE HOMEOWNER TOLD ME WHAT MARIO CADA HAS WITHDRAW FROM THE LOAN ITSELF. THERE WAS NOT THAT MUCH WORK DONE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HE WOULD DRAW WHEN INES SHOWED UP TO THE BUT NANOS UNFINISHED HOME IN JANUARY. THIS IS WHAT HE FOUND. >> A FRAME HOUSE WITH A ROOF AND NO WINDOWS. JIMENEZ SAYS HE LATER FOUND OUT CONDO PURCHASE WINDOWS AND TOOK A BANK DRAW FOR THEM. BUT THEY WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. >> MARIO GOT A DRAW. AND HE TOLD THEM THAT THE WINDOWS WERE HERE. SO THE BACK NEVER CHECKED AFTER HIM. WELL, BEFORE THEY RELEASE THE FUNDS, YOU'VE GOT LIKE $16,000 FOR THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS AND THERE WERE NO WINDOWS AND DOORS OF STAFF. >> WE FOUND THE ORIGINAL WINDOW ORDER STILL SITTING AT THIS BUILDER SUPPLY YARD. IN NEWTON. THE BUT NOT OTHERS. ALSO BLAME CITIZENS BANK IN THEIR SUBDIVISION, 5 UNFINISHED HOMES, ALL CARRY A CITIZENS. BANK CONSTRUCTION LOAN. BUT THINGS WENT SOUTH REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE THE BANK TO REPORT HOME SIDE AND BEING GOOD CITIZENS BANK DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M NOT. I AS CITIZENS BAIT RELY A FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. AND SHERRY VIZ BACK HOW THIS HAPPENED. VISIT LEFT CITIZENS AND NOW WORKS FOR TRUE LIE. AND BUT THAT BANK WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT ANY OF THIS WITH US. >> AND VISIT NEVER RESPONDED TO OUR REQUESTS. CITIZENS BANK SENT A STATEMENT ADMITTING THE BANK KNEW ABOUT THOSE UNFINISHED HOMES IN LINCOLN COUNTY. IT SUSPENDED DRAWS ON THOSE LOANS, BUT THE BANK CLAIMS THE BLAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE. LIES WITH THESE HOMEOWNERS WRITING CITIZENS HIRES INSPECTORS TO CONFIRM A LEVEL OF WORK WAS COMPLETED OUR AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURES CLEARLY STATE THAT THE BORROWER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING WORK PROGRESS ON THE INSIDE. IT WAS THAT WAS TURNED INTO A STAR TURN BLACK, BUT NOT THOSE HOME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED 2 YEARS AGO. JEFF, I'M IN AS WILL FINISH THE JOB NEXT MONTH. THERE'S GOT TO BE STOPPED AND THIS IS ASKED TO STOP AND WE CANNOT HAVE ITS OWN LIKE HIM. >> CONTINUE DOING THIS. >> 2 OZ, HOMEOWNERS AND BUILDERS. BECAUSE NOW NOBODY TRUSTS KNOW ABOUT MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN A 10 BY 12 ROOM WITH EVERYTHING WE OWN IN A LOFT ABOVE US. >> WAITING FOR OUR HOME TO BE FINISHED. BUT I KNOW IT PERSONALLY COURSE THAT'S EASILY OVER 100,000 OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET TO FINISH OUR DREAM HOME. THAT BECAME A NIGHT. >> COMING UP, HE'S FOR THE ONES THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING INVOLVED WITH. >> WE ARE TURNING ON THE MOUNTAIN CREEK AVENUE HERE IN DENVER. LOOKING FOR A WOMAN NAMED BARBARA NORMAN WITH MARIO CONDO IN JEROME BLACKMON SPLIT IN 2023. MARIO COTTON NEEDED A NEW GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND HE FOUND THAT IN A WOMAN NAMED BARBARA NORMAN, A BUSINESSWOMAN. HE'S NOW CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS. >> OKAY. >> THERE'S NO MONEY TO PAY. I'M JODEE BAR. THE QUEEN CITY IS GOING TO BEAT YOU OF ALL THE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO MARIO. ENJOY KADO ONLY BARBARA NORMAN AGREED TO TALK WITH US. I WOULD SOMEBODY NOT TURN THE PAPER BACK AND SAY YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH ON YOUR PLATE. GIVE IT TO ME. >> I DID WORK ALL THE TIME. NORMAN AND MARIO CONDO WENT INTO BUSINESS IN 2022. WHERE SHE LATER BECAME A MANAGING MEMBER OF MARIO'S DISTINCTIVE HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HOW DID YOU GET INTO BUSINESS WITH MARIO CADA? I HAVE MY OWN ENTRANCE AGENCY AND I IN TERMS OF HIS BUSINESS AND HE FOUND OUT THAT I GENERAL CONTRACTOR WE START TALKING ABOUT WE BUSINESS TOGETHER, START ANEW. THIS IS THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I WAS GOING TO THE PERMIT PAPERWORK AND I GOT ONE PERCENT OF THE VALUE OF THE HOME. DID HE PAY ONE HOME OUT OF HOW MANY? PROBABLY 10 OR 15? THIS WAS LOT. 21 CLARKS CREEK. HE PAID ME $3,350 ON 11, 14. 22 A PIECE OF LAND THAT NEARLY 2 YEARS LATER LOOKS LIKE THIS GET THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT I STARTED. >> YOU CAN TAKE IT WAS RECORD WHAT YOU DID. WELL, THESE ARE THE ONES I STARTED. I NEVER GOT ANYTHING BACK. I MEAN, I JUST KEPT TELLING ME I NEED THE CONTRACTS AND ALL THE STUFF. DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS IN MARIE IS HISTORY WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES HERE IN LINCOLN COUNTY? I DID TALK LOT TO CLARKS CREEK AND 75 THEM ON. 38. 12 CHURCHILL, MARINE LOT. 7 JONATHAN'S WALK. THESE WERE THE ONES THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING INVOLVED WITH. THE NEVER DID. LIKE I SAID, I SET UP THE BOOKS AND WE HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT PAGES THAT I WANTED TO PHILLY. AND AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE BLANK BECAUSE I WAS NEVER INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING. >> AFTER THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT HAD YOU BEEN ALLOWED TO DO YOUR WORK AND THE JOBS? IT? FEWER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. >> WELL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, I WOULD PULL THE PLUG WAY QUICKER BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, FOR SOME MONEY GOING, I MEAN, I WANT TO DO THE ACCOUNTING AND HE KEPT TAKING WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE COUNTING OF THE PAPERWORK AND THAT ALWAYS GIVES THE RED FLAG. IF YOU CAN'T SHARE THE PAPERWORK, NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS GETTING THE NUMBERS. HE WOULD. >> NORMAN SAYS SHE KNEW BACK THEN THERE WERE UNFINISHED HOMES IN MARIO'S PAST. ALL THAT WAS BEFORE ME. >> AND HE ONLY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE OTHER CONTRACTOR WAS THE ONE THAT WAS FALL. HE WAS NOT AT FAULT, BUT THE OTHER CONTRACTOR WAS AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS TAKEN THE MONEY AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT DID NOT PUNISH THE HOMES. SO MARIO EXPLAIN TO YOU. THE PROBLEMS DEPICTED ON THESE LOTS WERE THE FALL OF JEROME BLACKMON. >> YES, BUT I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, I NEVER SAW ALL THIS STUFF. I WE WENT TO ONE SUBDIVISION WITH A FEW HOMES THAT WAS ALMOST ON THE CENTER WAS GOING TO FINISH THOSE AND THE EMPTY LOTS WOULD BE THE ONES WE WAS GOING TO. BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I DIDN'T PULL A PERMIT IN MARCH, BARBARA NORMAN FOUND OUT ABOUT HER BUSINESS PARTNERS TROUBLES. I HAVEN'T PULLED ANY CONTRACTS, BUT PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME TELLING ME THAT THEIR HOME IS UNDER THE NEW BUSINESS I'VE NEVER MET AND I'VE NEVER PULLED CONTRACT NOT WANT. I KEEP GETTING MORE LAWSUITS. SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVERY DAY I GET SOME THUNDER, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. >> AND I JUST MAKE COPIES OF AND SUPER MARIO AND TELLING HE NEEDS TO GET OVER HERE AND TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT. SHOW NORMAN'S NAME ON 12 PERMITS. SHE ASSUMES MARIO CONDO GOT THOSE PERMITS AND USED HER FOR HER GC LICENSE THE WHOLE TIME. >> NORMAN WAS NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT FILED BY A HOMEOWNER WITH THE STATE GC LICENSING BOARD IN MARCH OF THIS IS WHY VOLUNTEER LEE SURRENDERED MY LICENSE. >> BECAUSE I NO LONGER WANTED TO BE INVOLVED. WHEN I GOT MY COMPLAINT FROM THE LICENSING BOARD, I TOLD THEM I DON'T GET MY NAME OFF OF THAT AND THEY GOT ME THROUGH HOW TO DO THAT. SO I'M NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR THEM. AND THAT WAS A DECISION YOU MADE ABSOLUTELY CLOSE THE BUSINESS, BUT IT MAY. MARIO FILED THIS 2024 DISTINCTIVE HOMES, LLC REPORT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE LISTING NORMAN AS A MANAGING MEMBER. >> 2 MONTHS AFTER SHE FORMALLY SEVERED THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. NORMAN ALSO IDENTIFIED ANOTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN THE CONDO NETWORK. I KNOW. HELLO IS YEAH. DISEASE MOBILE IS IS THIS IS JUDY BAR WITH QUEEN CITY NEWS. THE INVESTOR THIS NAME I DON'T HAVE IS INFORMATION. SO MOST REAL NAME IS POWER AND HAS A FULL MOHAN AND WHO WOULDN'T INTERVIEW ON CAMERA. BUT TALK TO US BY PHONE. I MEAN, ALL OF AN EVENING IN ROME, 81 YEARS SCORED. >> WE SALUTE YOU UP ON THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. SO YOU COULD TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT UNDONE. MUCH READY. YOU TAKE IT BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT YOUR ROLE IS. >> IN THERE, I THOUGHT INTO IT THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ANY ANY WET MINE AND DECIDED TO COMPETE BECAUSE I'M A PARTY. HE'S OKAY. GOOD. I AM TOO. >> WE FOUND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES TIED IN THE CONDOS. GYMS, REAL ESTATE DIDN'T KNOW THE HOMES AND AT ONE WAS A MANAGING MEMBER OF DISTINCTIVE HOMES IN DEVELOPMENT GROUP. JOY CAUGHT IT WAS A REALTOR WITH EXP REALTY AND THE LISTING AGENT FOR THE LION REAL ESTATE GROUP AND DISTINCTIVE HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HER HUSBAND MARIO IS A MANAGING MEMBER OF THE STINK OF HOMES AND USE YOUR OWN BLACK MEN AS HIS GC BLACKMAN OWNS BLACKMON, CUSTOM BUILDERS AND THE NOVO HOMES. BLACKMAN AND MARGOT SPLIT. AFTER THE SPLIT, MARIO WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH BARBARA NORMAN, WHO BECAME HIS NEW GENERAL CONTRACTOR. >> IT'S CALLED CONDOS. >> HEY, IT'S A JOY KIND OF YEAH. I WAS CALLING TO SEE IF YOU ALL WOULD INTERVIEW WITH US WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH SOME OF THOSE HOMES OR YOU MIGHT, BECAUSE I WANT TO GO TO THE REALTOR INVOLVED. OKAY. >> I WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WITH THEM ON THE MARKET AND THEN GOING TO CLOSE. AND WHAT >> THAT FOR MINE AND OKAY. JOYE CARTER ADMITTED SHE REPRESENTED BOTH THE LAND SELLER AND HER HUSBAND'S CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. MARIO NEVER RETURNED OUR CALL IN NEITHER CAUGHT A SCHEDULED >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I NOW CALL THIS HEARING TO ORDER PRESIDENT IS HEARING LISA LABELLE, THE COMPLAINANT IN THIS MATTER. ALSO, PRESIDENT IS HEARING AS JOY CADA RESPONDED, PHILIP BLACK OR BROKER IN CHARGE IN HER WITNESS, MARIO QAEDA. DO YOU AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING SHOULD BE THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH >> YOU KNOW, THIS ONE'S BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE NOVEMBER, LISA LABELLE, WHO SAYS THE CONDOS TOOK $300,000 FROM HER BELIEVED JOY CONDO KNEW ABOUT THE DELAYS WITH THE OTHER HOMES INVOLVING HER HUSBAND. BUT HE HAD THAT FROM LABELLE AT CLOSING WINDOW IS NOT A WORK OF THE EXTREME WILL BE LABELLE FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST JOY WITH THE CANOPY REALTOR ASSOCIATION BASED IN CHARLOTTE. MARIO ENJOY KIND OF HIT $314,000. CASH FOR ME. AND AS I SIT HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE PROPERTY IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS ON A PURCHASE IT EXCEPT 2 DAYS OF WORK THAT HAS ROTTED FRIGHTENING. IT MUST BE RIPPED OUT. JOINT KADO ADMITTED SHE WAS THE REAL TURF OR HUSBANDS LIE AND REAL ESTATE GROUP ON THE LAND CELL AND REPRESENTED DISTINCTIVE HOMES ON THE HOME SALE. >> IN DISCLOSE THAT TO LABELLE JOY TESTIFIED SHE HAD NO FORMAL INVOLVEMENT IN EITHER BLACKMON, CUSTOM BUILDERS OR HER HUSBAND'S DISTINCTIVE HOMES. ARE THEY TO THE STATE? >> IT'S A TEASE, DISTINCTIVE HOMES AND JEROME. BUT I KNOW THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT THAN THAT. SO PERFORMANCE BY JEROME, LATIN BUILDERS, ALL OTHER PROJECTS HAS NOTHING TO DO IN YOUR MIND. AND DOES IT AS TO HOW THE STINK OF HOMES MADE BEFORE. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A NEW J C ON THE JOB. SO I'M A DOG SAY WITH ALL THE DELAYS, HE WASN'T IN THE PICTURE. SO I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THERE TO BE THE RIGHT CHOICE. I'D ARGUE SINCE BLACKMAN'S FROM WAS TO BLAME FOR THE UNFINISHED HOMES. SHE HAD NO OBLIGATION TO TELL A BELL WAS SHE KNEW ABOUT THOSE UNFINISHED HOMES SINCE HER HUSBAND'S NEW COMPANY WAS BUILDING LABELLE'S HOME. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN? >> YOU'RE DISTINCT APARTMENTS, HOMES AND DEVELOPMENTS. INITIAL >> WHAT'S THE STATED? DATE ON THE CONCEPT. >> NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FIRST. MY LAST QUESTION IS KNOWING NOW MY HOME IS IN THE VOTES. AND I WAS $323,000. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU THE COMMISSION NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE A HOUSE AND ON MY CREDIT IS GOING TO BE GOING. YOU DID >> OKAY. BECAUSE YOU TERMINATED HER CONTRACT WITHOUT WAITING TO SEE IF THE BUILDER COMPLETED THAT HOME. BUT HE COULD HAVE COMPLETED IT. YOU DIDN'T GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE ASKED BLACKMON FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT HE REFUSED MULTIPLE REQUESTS. BLACKMON SAYS HE AND MARIE A SPLIT IN 2022. BLACKMAN'S ATTORNEY WROTE US SAYING BLACKMON DENIES HE WAS TO BLAME FOR THE DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION. >> AND DENIES ALL CLAIMS OF WRONGDOING RELATED TO FUNDS FOR ANY OF THE HOME BUILDS. THE ATTORNEY ADDED MISTER BLACKMON WILL BE PURSUING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MARIO CONDO FOR THE DAMAGES. HE HAS CALLS TO MISTER BLACKMAN AND HIS REPUTATION. THE ETHICS PANEL FILED AN ETHICS VIOLATION AGAINST JOY CONDO FINDING SHE MISREPRESENTED AND OR CONCEAL DEPARTMENT INFORMATION FROM LABELLE AND THAT CAUGHT THE OTHER HOME. SHE SOLD. WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CAN IT BE RECOMMENDED A $3,000 FINE AND ORDERED CONDO TO FOR OUR ETHICS COURSE RIGHT? >> JOYA BORJA OVER HERE. WHAT'S THE POINT? >> WE FOUND THE CONDOS AT HOME TO QUESTION THEM ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST >> WE WE SEND MESSAGES YOU GUYS AS WELL RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T GOT AN ANSWER FROM. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU HAVE BUILT THEM OUT OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS, THEIR RETIREMENT, YOU NEED TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE TREE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. NO INTEREST IN PROVIDING THE STATEMENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS REPORT. IF SCHOOLS WANT TO BLAME AND I'M ROB THEM. IT PRINTS TOO, WHERE THIS ALL STARTED FREE COVID FROM COVID KNOCKING STORIES WHERE I PAID FULL TRANCE OVER HERE. I FOLKS EXTENSIONS FOR >> I I'M NOT I'M NOT GIVING ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHO I SENT OVER $20,000. >> HER CLIENTS. WELL FOR THEM. >> SO THEY WANT TO SEE HE'S GONE. HOW ARE WE GOING? ARE YOU USING HER FOR HER? SHE SEA LIFE. THAT >> ACCLAIMED. I TOLD HIM NOT TO MIX IN THE STATE. THAT'S I DON'T AGREE TO YOU USING THIS ON THE AIR FOR ANYTHING. BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD GET WORSE. I'M TRYING. I'M TRYING TO BE REAL QUARTER WHEN I HEAR THAT YOUR 3RD PARTY TO THIS. BUT AGAIN, I'M MARCUS. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME WITH HOPES OF CLAIMING THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE. I'M NOT GOING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE TO STAND MYSELF. THOSE FOLKS SHOULD SPEAK. WHAT'S TRUE? THEY'RE FULL STORIES AND IT'S NOT THE TRUTH OR YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY'RE CLAIMING IS NOT. >> I'M ADAM TOLD US THAT THEY WIRED MONEY AND THEY HAVE FAILED NATION CITY WITH UNFINISHED HOUSES ON THAT IS INCORRECT. HASN'T EVEN TOLD ME THAT ARE COMPLETELY FOUNDATIONS AND PAY FOR THEM. SO THAT AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT. THIS IS A HE SAID. SHE AND OTHERS. THEY SAY YOU SURVEYED ROLLS ON THEIR PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ISN'T THIS A LISTEN AND SEE IF THIS MAKES SENSE. >> WITH THAT >> LOOKS ONLY TIME FUNDS CAN BE RELEASED IS FOR WORK THAT I HAVE COMPLETED AND I LIFE. THE BANK SAID THE INSPECTOR THEY INSPECT US. THE WORK IS COMPLETE. EAGLE REIMBURSING SO HELP ME. AND SINCE THE WAR I'M THINKING WAS FROM CASE WORK THAT I DID NOT. IF THE BANK HAS TO STACK AND SAY MISTER WHITE AND THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HER. >> I THINK IN 7 YEARS IN THE WORK WAS GOOD. YOU GOT THIS BIG BRAWL HOUSE OR ANY TROUBLE AND THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS WORKING. PEOPLE. WHERE ARE AFTER SHE HAS? THANK YOU. >> WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SHINE THE LIGHT. REMEMBER THE COMPLAINT? LISA LABELLE FILED WITH AG JOSH STEIN'S OFFICE. THE ONE SIZE OFFICE DISMISSED AFTER MARIO CONDO WOULD ANSWER THE A G'S LETTERS. WE ASKED STEIN'S PRESS OFFICE FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT WHAT WE UNCOVERED HERE AND INVITED THE AG OUT TO LINCOLN COUNTY TO SHOW HIM WHAT WE FOUND. THE A G S OFFICE WOULD NOT EVEN MAKE TIME FOR A PHONE CALL. WE FOUND THE AG AT A PUBLIC EVENT IN CHARLOTTE A FEW DAYS AGO. WAS YOUR OFFICE? IT TAKES. >> ACROSS THE STATE, I HEARD MAYBE NOT YOUR OFFICE FOR THAT BECAUSE BUSINESS FILLED THE SPOT OF WE CAN ACT ALSO FOR EVERY PEOPLE. WHAT I WISH WE COULD. BUT WE GET 2000, 20,000 WE DO HAVE 16,000 LOSSES BUT VERY TROUBLES FOR THE CONDO'S CONTINUE TO MOUNT TONIGHT I COULD FOR WITH JOY CONDOS BROKER IN CHARGE. PHILIP BLACK. THE CONDO IS NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH EXP REALTY BLACK WOULD NOT TELL ME WHETHER THAT SEPARATION WAS JOYCE DECISION OR EXP. HE'S THE NORTH CAROLINA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO JOY CONDO LAST MONTH FROM A COMPLAINT FILED BY LISA LABELLE. I FELL MULTIPLE JUDGMENTS AND LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CONDOS AND THEIR BUSINESSES FROM HOMEOWNERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS. IN LINCOLN, MECKLENBURG AND A BRAND NEW ONE FROM BURT COUNTY IN OR JUST LAST MONTH. BUT THOSE JUDGMENTS WILL LIKELY NEVER BE PAID BECAUSE OF THIS. IT'S A $700,000 JUDGMENT FILED IN CATAWBA COUNTY IN 2019 OUT OF PUERTO RICO AGAINST MARIO CONDO OVER A FAILED HOTEL DEAL. THERE. IT'S THE FIRST JUDGMENT WE FOUND AGAINST HIM IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH MEANS THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID OFF BEFORE ANY OF THESE HOMEOWNERS SEE A PENNY FROM THOSE MORE RECENT JUDGMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE STATE AG TOOK NO INTEREST IN SORTING THIS OUT. I'VE CONFIRMED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN LINCOLN COUNTY IS WORKING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A
