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West 125th Street Liquors

Hamlet Peralta

ReportedApr 8, 2016
LocationBronx, NY
Amount$12,000,000

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Company / entity
West 125th Street Liquors
Industry
Wholesale liquor/wine distribution
How investors were recruited
Customers who had become friendly with him at his Harlem restaurant
Pitch & red flags
4% interest from liquor distribution profits; claimed he had "been approved as an exclusive wine distributor" to a national restaurant supply company

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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