A man who worked as a gardener for a couple of santa cruz residents has been found guilty of defrauding his clients. Santa cruz resident peter retier was convicted of financial abuse, for billing the residents for nearly 600-thousand dollars online pokie game of work (that was worth far less). A santa cruz county jury determined that reiter unfairly took advantage of the 80-year-old woman and her blind son. Reiter has been ordered to repay the family the full amount, as well as pay 200-thousand dollars in punitive damages.
