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How Andrea D’Alessio, Anthony Iannuzzi, Erik Peterson, and Former Mayor Eduardo Muhina Built a Criminal Enterprise Disguised as a Construction Firm

Avoid them like the plauge

How Andrea D’Alessio, Anthony Iannuzzi, Erik Peterson, and Former Mayor Eduardo Muhina Built a Criminal Enterprise Disguised as a Construction Firm

Andrea D’Alessio Jr. and his cohorts branded themselves as luxury design-builders, trusted stewards of elite capital projects, and a modern tastemaker for high-end construction. What they left behind was a trail of betrayal, stolen money, missing blueprints, shutdown construction sites, and multiple courtrooms across South Florida screaming his name in frustration.

In Miami’s high-stakes luxury construction scene, four names now dominate court dockets and investor nightmares: Andrea D’Alessio, Anthony Iannuzzi, Erik Peterson, and Eduardo Muhina.

This exposé draws on court documents from four separate lawsuits and multiple investigative reports. The conclusion is inescapable: Andrea D’Alessio and his companies, Inspirata Management and Scalaa Architects, are not just untrustworthy—they are dangerously deceptive.

They presented themselves as a sophisticated, full-service development firm—Inspirata Management—serving billionaires and institutions alike. But what clients received was not luxury, not expertise, and certainly not trust. Instead, they got fake invoices, kickbacks, misused designs, personal enrichment schemes, construction-site injury lawsuits, and in one case—a total city shutdown of an illegally executed project.

This wasn’t sloppiness. It was an operation.

And Eduardo Muhina, once Mayor of West Miami, allegedly played a key role in enabling it.

I. THE BILLIONAIRE FRAUD: $20 MILLION ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FROM RUSSELL WEINER

Russell Weiner, billionaire founder of Rockstar Energy, hired Inspirata to build a $100M luxury compound. Instead, he alleges he was robbed in broad daylight.
 
Defendants:
  • Andrea D’Alessio – CEO of Inspirata; alleged ringleader
  • Anthony Iannuzzi – President of Construction; signed off on fake documents
  • Erik Peterson – Finance Manager; handled the flow of stolen funds
  • Eduardo Muhina – Principal architect and gatekeeper of designs; former mayor
Key Allegations:
  • Falsified invoices and charges for already-paid services
  • Use of Scalaa, a D’Alessio secretly-controlled shell company, to redirect funds and overbill
  • Billing for phantom work, with no actual expense incurred
  • Over-engineered structures and design chaos to inflate costs
  • Failure to pay subcontractors and vendors, leaving Weiner with legal exposure
  • No licenses as an architect or contractor despite marketing themselves as both 
All four are named in counts of civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fiduciary fraud, and deceptive trade practices .
 
The case has been reported to:
  • The FBI
  • The U.S. Attorney’s Office
  • The Florida DBPR
  • The Miami Beach Police
Weiner’s blunt message:
 
“I assumed that who I was working with had the same honor and integrity as me. Assumption equals failure.”

II. DLC CAPITAL: CODE VIOLATIONS, STOLEN BLUEPRINTS, SABOTAGED PROJECTS

In an equally devastating lawsuit, DLC Capital Management (billionaire David and Leila Centner’s family office) accuses D’Alessio, Inspirata, and his partners of:
 
Code Violations and Unpermitted Work
  • Illegally removed trees and began foundation work without permits on a teacher housing project, resulting in City Stop Work Orders, unsafe structure violations, and a complete construction halt
  • Hid these violations from DLC, even instructing staff to lie to inspectors 
Fraudulent Billing and Misuse of Funds
  • Inspirata misused over $200,000 of DLC’s money on third-party clients’ homes, including relocating a worker to Los Angeles
  • Renovated DLC’s office for $100,000 while principals were away for the holidays, without permission 
Sabotaging Active Projects
  • After being terminated, D’Alessio sent cease-and-desist letters to DLC contractors, halting progress on multiple projects
  • Refused to hand over passwords, architectural plans, CAD files, and financials—crippling DLC’s ability to finish what it paid him to start
Kickbacks and Fake Invoices
  • Sent $50,000 to a vendor who was already paid, then produced a fake invoice for $31,115 when confronted—allegedly to hide a personal benefit or kickback 
Design Theft and Commercial Misuse
  • Inspirata and Scalaa (also owned by D’Alessio) used DLC-funded designs without permission to promote their services online
  • They posted renderings and blueprints on their websites to solicit new clients, violating copyright and design ownership agreements 
And Muhina’s Role?:
  • Cited as the architect of record on projects plagued by unpermitted construction
  • Allegedly helped Inspirata block clients from using their own purchased plans
  • Used his professional stature and technical authority to shield illegal activity with paperwork
  • Previously served as Mayor of West Miami, resigning in 2013 after years in public office
His fall from civic leadership to alleged architectural fraud marks one of the most disgraceful turns in the case.

III. FORECLOSURE: D’ALESSIO DEFAULTS ON OWN LUXURY HOME

While allegedly stealing from billionaires, D’Alessio wasn’t paying his own mortgage. His luxury penthouse at 650 NE 32nd Street in Paraiso Bay Apartments in Miami, Florida was foreclosed for nearly $2 million in unpaid debt, HOA fees, insurance lapses, and tax defaults.

 

The judgment was final. The court declared all his rights “subordinate and inferior”, and his home was auctioned publicly on April 28, 2025. One would think he would pay his mortgage with all his ill-gotten gains.

IV. FAMILY FRAUD: D’ALESSIO ACCUSED OF CHEATING EX-WIFE

In a post-judgment motion, Shannon D’Alessio accuses Andrea of:
  • Lying on his sworn financial affidavit
  • Concealing trust assets, bonuses, and bank accounts
  • Selling the marital home post-divorce for profit after hiding it during proceedings 
The document reveals a premeditated strategy to strip his own wife of financial equity, leveraging rushed paperwork and false declarations. She is asking the court to vacate the divorce judgment on grounds of fraud and concealment.

V. WORKPLACE INJURY: UNSAFE SITES UNDER INSPIRATA CONTROL

In the Perdomo v. Maounis case, a worker allegedly slipped and fell at a construction site managed by Inspirata due to forced use of unsafe shoe coverings and hazardous site conditions. Perdono sustained serious injuries. Inspirata and D’Alessio are named as direct contributors to a dangerous job environment. 
 
The Perdomo lawsuit accuses Inspirata of:
  • Creating an unsafe site by forcing workers to wear slippery shoe coverings
  • Failing to warn of hazards
  • Causing a technician’s fall, which led to serious and permanent injury 
 
The case demonstrates that Inspirata’s negligence extended beyond spreadsheets in this case — to bodily harm.

VI. THE STRUCTURE OF DECEPTION: WHO DID WHAT

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