The Lee County Value Adjustment Board’s ruling that Barbara and Charles Parsons must pay $216,817 in back taxes for an improper homestead exemptions comes just days after a Fort Myers Beach man was found guilty by jury of homestead fraud.
David Tezak, 50, owes the county about $1,015 in back taxes and penalties for the tax year 2008. That’s far less than the Parsonses, who are far and away the most lucrative homestead exemption non-compliance case in Lee County’s history.
Where Tezak’s case differs, is a jury found him guilty of fraud March 24. The Parsonses have not been charged with fraud, only found not to be in compliant with homestead exemption rules, and therefore they must pay back the taxes with penalty.
You can check out the county’s letter to Tezak here.

David Tezak, 50
– Ryan Lengerich


