One woman says she hired a company to build her a house.
Fullen says the Galveston County Sheriff's Office is conducting a criminal investigation.
"Some of them are saying they gave a deposit to this gentleman to build them a barndominium or a barn, and he never showed back up. Then some of the other ones said, they actually came out and did a little work but never completed the work," Fullen said. "The general consensus is he's taking the money and not doing what he contractually was supposed to do."
At least half a dozen of Hurte's unhappy customers have filed civil suits against him. Two others, like Wakat, have default judgments against Hurte. "There are people that have the same exact cellphone message referencing a doctor's appointment or broken hand or whatever, but they are a year apart or 14 months apart from the same verbatim messages," Wakat said. "This is a game to him, but when you are messing with people's livelihoods, their money, it's not a game."Right now, based on those 15 something people on that list, he hasn't finished one job.
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