Former bankrupted Wingspan CEO Steven Horne is back in action again refusing to pay as the now CEO of Black Dome. First hand accounts from a former Wingspan employee, documented the pervasive racism and grind that only profited rich, white men. HousingWire was similar in its fire and brimstone reporting stating, “Those debt holders began to grow unsteady when Wingspan allegedly failed to pay even the first payment due.” and “Another issue with Horne, another source said, was the allotment of the company’s philanthropic resources toward a family member’s singing career. It is unclear how exactly this happened and the source would not elaborate, instead stating, “the bottom line is Steve mixed personal expenses with professional expenses.”
Horne’s selection of both former Wingspan executives and documented slow pay/no pay MSI hacks like Nabil El Gadari, make clear that Black Dome has zero interest in a culture of timely pay and rewards profits over people. In fact, MSI, along with Eviction Enterprises are both back on slow/no pay cycles.
As recent as September 2024, the following was stated publicly by a victim, when it came from Black Dome’s refusal to pay, and their need to contact Pathlight,
We are in Washington State and have worked with Black Dome in numerous jobs starting at the beginning of this year. These were cash for keys jobs that they obtained from Pathlight. Blackdome has NOT paid us still for the work we completed over 8 months ago. We had to go directly to Pathlight as Blackdome was stating they were not paid from Pathlight. We worked directly with the rep from Pathlight and got the funds paid out and confirmed to Blackdome. This process took approximently [sic] 2.5 months to complete. We then sent the written confirmation from pathlight [sic][to blackdome [sic] showing them payment was made to them. Black dome still has not paid us. We have called them, text, emailed weekly asking for updates as to resolving this matter. They are now not responding to any of communications. They owe us over 20,000.00. We have spoken with contractors outside of Washington State in Arizona who have expressed they are experiencing the same issue with Black dome. Within the past 4 weeks we were able to obtain the contact for Steve Horne at Black Dome who is apparently the CEO/director. We have not received any return communication from him either. We are left with few choices at this time to recover the monies.
Additionally, though, we were able to verify ongoing Black Dome issues in Alabama and Nevada. We will have a larger piece out, later this week, in our Paid Industry Insider.
