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Cases / Real estate

Joseph A. Castellano

ReportedApr 7, 2016
LocationWallingford, CT
Amount$1,500,000

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Company / entity
Casbo Investments, Wallingford Investors Limited Partnership, AIM Realty Investors, Castellano & Co. LLC
Industry
Loans to clients' business and real estate projects (promissory/demand notes)
How investors were recruited
Clients of his CPA tax-preparation business
Pitch & red flags
6%-8% annual returns; claimed clients needed capital they couldn't get from traditional financing; official-looking "Demand Notes"

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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