Naples designer hit with $189K fine in architect seal fraud case

Naples designer hit with $189K fine in architect seal fraud case

When Naples designer Dave Wainscott was fined $24,000 in 2023 for using an architectural seal belonging to a dead architect, it was the highest fine meted out by the history of the state Board of Architecture and Design.  But on July 29, during a probable cause hearing, a five-member panel of that board unanimously recommended fining Wainscott $189,000 for a second offense — using the seal of 91-year-old Gene Cravillion, who has lived at a memor…