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Water Station Management LLC, Creative Technologies Inc.

Ryan Wear, Jordan Chirico

ReportedAug 14, 2025
LocationMarysville, WA
Amount$275,000,000

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Company / entity
Water Station Management LLC, Creative Technologies Inc.
Industry
Water vending machine purchase contracts and secured notes
How investors were recruited
Retail investors, particularly veterans (250+ investors); Chirico was portfolio manager (Carmel, IN)
Pitch & red flags
"higher guaranteed returns and exclusive financing options"; machines as collateral that "did not exist or had already been sold"

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Source

SEC official

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