Why a Detroit family’s $300 brick repair job turned into a fraud investigation

What started as a seemingly routine home repair quickly unraveled into something far more troubling for one Detroit family. A man appeared to be posing as a contractor -- arriving in construction gear and accompanied by two teens -- showed up April 7 at a west side Detroit home, offering to do brick work for about $300. But according to the homeowner’s daughter, the situation started to seem fishy -- and expensive -- fast.