BEVERLY — A Beverly man who promised to convert school buses into tiny homes and build chicken coops and food and coffee concession trailers for customers around the country is now charged with defrauding more customers.
Lawrence “Larry” Kudlik, 63, of 2 Bartlett St., Beverly, now faces 20 separate criminal complaints in Salem District Court.
That’s more than twice as many complaints as when The Salem News first reported on his charges last spring. Beverly police continued filing new charges as other customers came forward.
He’s also facing civil lawsuits from some customers.
A number of customers also reached out to the newspaper with similar accounts after finding the newspaper article online.
Kudlik’s lawyer, Mark Dewan, told a judge Friday that…
