An angry victim of fraud has decided to get her revenge by publicly warning others online of the Tennessee contractor who stole her money.
Linda Corti bought rights to register the domain jerrybreedlove.com to turn the website into a posted proclaiming the fraud crime he had committed.
According to Yahoo! News, the Collierville, Tennessee contractor stole $3,054.75 from Corti after being hired to install recessed lighting in her home.
Corti had hired the contractor for previous jobs, therefore she felt at ease hiring him to do this job as well. Upon showing the customer the invoices that stated he purchased the supplies from Grahams Lighting, Corti handed over $3000. When Corti never received the materials the contractor supposedly purchased, nor did he return to do the job or answer her phone calls, she became suspicious.
When she realized the invoices were fake and that Breedlove was not going to return to complete the job, being the graphic designer she is, she knew just what to do.
"So I thought what could I do myself to really...not just necessarily get back at him, but let the community know not to hire him," Corti said.
Corti bought a domain under his name, stating that it costed around $28.
The headliner reads: "DO NOT HIRE JERRY BREEDLOVE AS YOUR CONTRACTOR"
Investigators contacted Breedlove and he admitted to the fraudulent crime.
"Yes, sir, I admit that I did that. "I had a situation that I couldn't control at my house, and I was wrong and she'll get payments every week until that there is paid for, sir," said Breedlove.
WMC TV noted that Corti is taking a lawsuit risk by using Breedlove's name, photograph, and other personal information without permission and that if the contractor wanted to sue, he could.