Convicted Florida ‘serial con man’ launches ‘legal advice’ business

A nationwide shopper referral web site has eliminated the Florida accounting and authorized companies agency began by a convicted felon, following a report that labeled him a “serial con man.”

Inclusion of the Jacksonville firm on the referral website Thumbtack, an internet listing which permits customers to browse and charge service suppliers, recommended that Michael Nelson had handed a legal background verify, in accordance with an investigation by Information 6 Orlando.

The truth is, Nelson, 51, spent greater than 17 of the previous 25 years in federal jail after convictions in three states for crimes reminiscent of wire fraud, pc fraud and identification theft.

Nelson registered an internet site area for his firm, known as Bicalho-Nelson, in October. His biography on that website, which was not too long ago eliminated, known as him a “associate” on the firm and touted he had “over 30 years” of govt administration and sophisticated mediation expertise.

It additionally claimed he earned a grasp certificates in psychology and social work in 2009 from the correspondence faculty Stratford Profession Institute.

Nonetheless, he was incarcerated or in federal custody throughout a lot of the time it acknowledged he gained this work expertise and schooling.

The enterprise website now says that the corporate is “consolidating our focus areas and repair choices” to “model administration, facilitating gross sales negotiations, and mediation” as of Dec. 1.

“Our expertise has taught us the worth in pulling again and figuring out what to deal with, and the implications this had on folks, course of, development, and the shopper expertise,” the announcement says.