Various operating entities, wholly or partly owned by Trefzer—a Hickory entrepreneur—manage 20 assisted living centers in North Carolina, with operations divided among a series of limited-liability entities, according to The News & Observer. Since Trefzger began managing Zebulon House in Wake County last summer, the long-term care center has racked up citations for a four-month infestation of bed bugs, for diverting residents’ funds without permission and for mistakes in dispensing medicine. The N&O’s Tommy Goldsmith reports, “Trefzger’s homes have accumulated fines of close to $100,000 for 20 top-level or second-rank violations since 2003.”