{"id":903960,"date":"2026-09-24T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903960\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:14:20","slug":"the-dodgy-builder-accused-of-leaving-victims-and-exes-in-the-lurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903960\/","title":{"rendered":"The dodgy builder accused of leaving victims and exes in the lurch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlicensed builder Dee Meyers is facing accusations of leaving a trail of financial devastation across Australia\u2019s east coast, with claims he ripped off home owners and ex-girlfriends alike.<\/p>\n

The 66-year-old from Queensland allegedly used fake credentials on Facebook to secure building jobs, including two decks and a pergola for Port Macquarie resident John Rogers in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"Meyers<\/p>\n

Meyers is facing accusations of leaving a trail of financial devastation across Australia\u2019s east coast.\u00a0A Current Affair <\/p>\n

When the structure leaked and independent assessors deemed it a \u201ctear-down job\u201d, Rogers confronted Meyers, who claimed he could not finish the build because his lung and throat cancer had spread to his brain. A Current Affair does not suggest that Meyers did not have lung or throat cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t go down well … he got very aggressive,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n

Despite a Civil and Administrative Tribunal order mandating Meyers pay $14,000 in compensation to Rogers, the home owner has not received a single cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019ll do whatever he has to do to get the money and survive,\u201d Rogers told A Current Affair.<\/p>\n

Meyers is also accused of emotional and financial exploitation by former partners, including a woman who met him on a dating app in 2024.<\/p>\n

Sue* claims Meyers convinced her to hand over her credit card while waiting for a fictitious $3 million inheritance to mature, racking up $32,000 in personal expenses over five months.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that comes out of his mouth is a lie,\u201d she told A Current Affair.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The 66-year-old from Queensland allegedly used fake credentials on Facebook to secure building jobs.\u00a0A Current Affair<\/p>\n

She also claims Meyers told elaborate stories, boasting he was related to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and had surfed professionally against Mick Fanning.<\/p>\n

When confronted by A Current Affair in NSW, Meyers denied all allegations, claiming he never wrote the cancer text messages and did not owe money.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done nothing wrong,\u201d he told A Current Affair.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the confrontation, he vacated his rental property, allegedly telling his landlord he was returning to Queensland because his cancer had spread to his bowel.<\/p>\n

* Name changed to protect anonymity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlicensed builder Dee Meyers is facing accusations of leaving a trail of financial devastation across Australia\u2019s east coast,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-903960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}