WFTV Action 9

18/07/2025

LAKE COUNTY, Fla — A fake bail bondsman sounded very convincing on the phone when he scammed a local grandmother. He's been targeting family members of those locked up in the Lake County Jail and has now started branching out to other jails across Florida.

13/05/2025

Are you or anyone you know planning to move this summer? Check out our latest investigation before hiring a moving company!

Moving can be a hassle and picking the wrong mover can leave customers feeling boxed in. “I was mortified. I felt stupid. I felt like I had gotten bamboozled,” said Victoria Henry after her most recent move. Complaints have been mounting against a man who appears to own and operate a number of m...

29/04/2025

An Action 9 Investigation-

‘This is creepy and invasive’: Why you could pay more than your neighbor shopping online

Companies can use the information they gather about you to charge a higher price while you’re shopping online.

11/04/2025

Bill Ellison calls it a home of filth. “I saw a rat run by the back door there,” Ellison said as he showed Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal his rental home in Leesburg. Bill Ellison and his wife Theresa were desperate to rent a new place after a fire tore through their other rental home ...

04/04/2025

04/03/2025

A Brevard County man was promised a $4000 refund from a plumbing company but after getting the refund check, it bounced. Sean Mitchner turned to Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal to help get his money back.

18/02/2025

A local woman is questioning the motives of a local pastor who claims to be a prophet. Sarilyn Ramirez turned to Action 9 after she claims the pastor hired her to do work, but then didn’t pay her what she was owed. She had seen Pastor Michael Lattiboudeaire preaching on YouTube and other social me...

15/02/2025

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, people need to know about the dark side of romance that can ruin lives and leave victims heartbroken. Romance scams cost Americans more than a billion dollars in 2023. Romance scams are sophisticated. There are entire networks of scammers, usually oversea...

05/02/2025

Interesting interactions between Jeff Deal WFTV and the people who answered the phone for businesses involved in this story

An Orlando auto parts business claims to be AAA Approved, but some customers question if it's even a real company. One customer told Action 9 he paid thousands of dollars for parts that that were never delivered.

23/01/2025

Action 9 first exposed this company in 2022:

Police in Scottsdale, Arizona have arrested two people suspected of defrauding central Florida homeowners out of millions of dollars.This was a case Action 9 first exposed in 2022 and it involved a company called Legacy Pools.

17/12/2024

Action 9 is looking into a website that offers puppies for sale and found some odd things. A woman claims her mother is heartbroken after she paid hundreds of dollars for a puppy that was never delivered.

12/12/2024

A Seminole County woman had to call 9-1-1 after her brand-new luxury SUV suddenly stopped and sent smoke into the cabin.