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Cases / Lending & cash advance

Gary Topolewski

ReportedJul 7, 2026
LocationNorthridge, CA
Amount$39,000,000

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Company / entity
Topolewski America Inc., Morrison Knudsen Services Inc., Metal Jeans Inc.
Industry
Equipment finance / commercial bank loans
How investors were recruited
Not investor recruitment: fraudulent commercial loan applications to seven financial institutions
Pitch & red flags
loans said to be "for the purchase of large, industrial earth-moving construction equipment, and for business working capital purposes"; fake documents

Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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