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Cases / Lending & cash advance

Robert Rocco

ReportedDec 10, 2013
LocationDix Hills, NY
Amount$5,000,000

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Company / entity
Limestone Capital Services, Advent Merchant Services LLC, Advent Equity Partners LLC
Industry
Loans for wholesale cigarette purchases and credit card processing venture
How investors were recruited
Members and volunteers of the Dix Hills Soccer Club, friends and neighbors
Pitch & red flags
"returns of up to 18 percent of their principal investment annually"; fake account statements showing high returns

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Source

FBI official

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