'I want him to know the pain': Victim reacts to judge sentencing Olympus Pools owner

Tampa pool company owner gets 20 years for ripping off customers

Staten accepted large down payments and left many customers in four counties with no pools and destroyed yards.

'I want him to know the pain': Victim reacts to judge sentencing Olympus Pools owner

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (WFLA) -- A judge sentenced the subject of a years-long Better Call Behnken investigation to decades in prison Wednesday. After the first Better Call Behnken investigation in 2021, more and more people began to come forward. Judge sentences James Staten, of Olympus Pools, to 20 years in prison, orders $1 million in restitution They all told a similar story: Olympus Pools had left them with a dangerous, muddy pit in thei…

Attorney General James Uthmeier Secures Twenty-Year Prison Sentence for Fraudulent Pool Contractor

View PDF Release Date May 8, 2025 Contact Communications Phone (850) 245-0150 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General James Uthmeier's Office of Statewide Prosecution (OSP) secured a 20-year prison sentence for the owner of Olympus Pools, who defrauded Floridians. James Ivan Staten, Jr., owner and operator of Olympus Pools, stole more than $1.5 million from Floridians and failed to complete customer pools. Attorney General Uthmeier's OSP previousl…