Investigators from the Lynn Haven Police Department, working in cooperation with Agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and members of the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation have arrested a local contractor on felony charges relating to the falsification of official records and illegal contracting.
Gordon Allen Andrews, who owns a local construction company is alleged to have fraudulently obtained several State of Florida Contractors Licenses by engaging in a scheme wherein Andrews paid money to a former Calhoun County, FL Building Official for various contractor licenses without completing any required tests or providing any other proofs of competency.
In return for the monies paid, false or fraudulent competency test results were provided that were thereafter used to obtain official State of Florida Contractors Licenses from the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation and subsequent building permit(s) in the City of Lynn Haven.
Andrews used these fraudulently obtained licenses and permits for his own financial gain and to further his construction business. Andrews has been charged with: Engaging in Unlicensed Contracting during a State of Emergency and Making a False or Fraudulent Statement on a License Application – (3) counts.
Andrews was booked into the Bay County Jail where he will be held pending his First Appearance before a local Judge.
This investigation remains on-going and additional arrests are anticipated. The Lynn Haven Police Department and its partner agencies are committed to fighting illegal contracting and warns anyone else who participated in such fraudulent licensing practices that you will face prosecution.
Anyone with information regarding these crimes or any other illegal contracting is asked to contact the Lynn Haven Police Department at (850) 265-4111.
