Florida Man's $3.6M Inspector Hoax: Ghost Dad Approves 724 Towers

While Miami’s towers now stand on spectral signatures, WPLG Local10’s 2024 exposé revealed Fernandez Jr. even renewed his father’s expired license to keep the ruse alive, spurring search queries like ‘How are building licenses verified?’ and ‘What happens if an inspector is an imposter?’ Engineers unwittingly hired a medium, not a mechanic. One can only imagine the planning meetings: ‘Can ghosts pass building codes?’
Florida man Enrique Fernandez Jr. used his dead father’s license for 724 building inspections, racking up $3.6M in fines—can you get fined for forging licenses, or do building inspectors need to be alive? Miami’s skyline owes its safety to a literal ghost.