EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An El Paso businessman pleaded guilty Friday after clients alleged he took their money but did not do the work.
In a court hearing, Ary Marivani, owner of FCS Wrought Iron, pled guilty to deceptive business practices as he was accused of defrauding six victims of between $30,000 $150,000 from January 2024 to September 2025.
Marivani was ordered to pay over $100,000 to the victims and will face three years of probation because it is his first offense, according to the prosecutor.
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KFOX14/CBS4 spoke to Marivani’s victims back when he was first indicted in November 2025, who expressed their frustration over the lengthy legal process to seek justice and their money back.
One victim, speaking anonymously, expressed relief back when Marivani was first indicted, saying, “t’s been disheartening, disappointing, some anger in seeing his constant posts, that he’s still out there, I guess, hustling and making money so that, that that’s been, that’s been bothersome to me.”
Michael Fino, another victim named in the indictment, shared, “We had to go to the county’s attorney’s office. We basically, you know, we had to go to you guys. I believe some of us even went to a city hall meeting. It’s kind of a shame that we had to go to this extreme, you know, and then to be told that it might be, you know, it might be a misdemeanor, just a slap on the wrist, and he’s going to move on that. It was really disappointing. It was a struggle. It was a struggle,” Fino said.
Fino said he paid a $3,000 deposit for a gate and fence from FCS Wrought Iron, which he said he never received.
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