DFS Arrests Two S. Fla. Agents in $1.2 M Ponzi Scheme

May 17, 2005

  • May 24, 2005 at 11:34 am
    TP says:
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    I have personally known the Petrarcas for several years and feel confident in saying that Steven will come through this proven innocent of any malicious criminal intent. The only thing we know Steven is guilty of is being too kind, supportive and trusting. I offer my complete support to him and his family during this very difficult time.

  • May 24, 2005 at 1:14 am
    Anonymous says:
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    Poor Steve. You lay down with dogs you are bound to get flea bitten. Hard to believe that he had no knowledge of what Masciarelli was up to. Nice to support a “stand up guy”, but how much did you lose? Supporting him isn’t going to get your money back.

  • May 24, 2005 at 3:21 am
    B says:
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    SUPPORTING STEVE MAY HELP GET MY HARD EARNED MONEY BACK!! AND I WILL TRUST ANYTHING HE TELLS ME. TOM IS READY TO HEAD FOR MEXICO, GOOD LUCK TO ANYONE THAT TRUSTS HIM. HE’S BEEN SCAMMING PEOPLE FOR YEARS, ANYONE FROM THE SONS OF ITALY WILL TELL YOU. AND DONNA, I FEEL FOR YOUR DAD, BUT HE IS NOT ALONE IN BEING SCAMMED BY TOM / AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A GROUP LIKE THE SONS’ DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE GROUP / HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF A COUNTRY CLUB? MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS DOING BUSINESS TOGETHER, THATS NO CRIME. WHAT TOM MASCIARELLI HAS DONE FOR YEARS IS A CRIME.

  • May 25, 2005 at 9:23 am
    Taddeo says:
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    Donna, I too want to see to it that Tommy is held accountable for what he has done to my parents. You seem like the only logical one posting on this site and in a similiar situation as my family. If you should hear of any civil lawsuits being brought against Tommy, please let me know through this site. Criminal charges aside, I want to see to it that Tommy is bankrupt over this and his home and anything else he owns is taken from him. It is amazing how he dupped our fathers who trusted him. Tommy came to my fathers memorial service and within a week was getting my mother to invest with him. He WILL burn for this.
    Karen Taddeo

  • May 25, 2005 at 9:32 am
    Anonymous says:
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    The only logical one? Get over yourself Karen. Everyone posting something here is entitled to their opinions and just because they are not in the same situation as you and your family does not mean that they are not valid.

  • May 25, 2005 at 11:57 am
    Anonymous says:
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    With the exception of the logical people, the rest of this site reads like a soap opera!

  • May 25, 2005 at 12:01 pm
    M says:
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    Gotta love the reading though. All the postings are overly dramatic, filled with emotion, and lack any objectivity.

  • May 25, 2005 at 12:03 pm
    Just an opinionated RedNeck says:
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    I am amazed! Having been brought up in a very rural part of the south, I have seen composte all my life. I have seen it hauled on trucks, spread in the fields, watered down and used as fertilizer; but when all is said and done it’s just “manure”. When charges of this magnitude are brought up, I find it incredulous that Michele would use her 15 minutes of fame through Tom, to tell the world of how beautiful she thinks herself to be. Like I wrote earlier, no matter how tidy and beautiful a package you try to portray yourself as, you’re still “manure”.

    We all know you were the one that attacked Joyce Petrarca, that was a mistake, certainly not your first; but none the less a mistake. That LADY is a CLASS ACT. You can’t hold a candle to that woman!

    Steve is a fine person, he’s honest and hard working and he’s smart. I’m sorry for him that he ever did meet Tom and began doing business with him. Tom is a charmer and a fast talker. Steve just got duped like the rest of us. Someone asked what Steve has lost? – Are you kidding?

    Tom won’t answer my calls, he’s running and hiding like a little girl!

  • May 25, 2005 at 5:13 am
    K says:
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    Amen to that. Hope to be there too.

  • May 26, 2005 at 7:21 am
    donna says:
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    To K; Let me explain the DRAMA…TOM and STEVE bilked people out of money in the amount of 10s of thousands of dollars.
    Objectivity: I have not judged their wives, families, girlfriends, etc. I only judge an individual by his or her actions…I don’t judge the family (and I’m a little tired of hearing about their families…about how great they are or who’s a pole dancer, etc.) Who cares? These two men were arrested because there is proof that THEY did something wrong according to the law. Whatever happens to them is their choice. If I put my hand in a fire, could I really think I wasn’t going to get burned? My father and I could very easily forget all about this if THEY would just pay back the money…and learn from our mistakes…Some people know one side of “these guys” and we know that side also, however my father saw the side that stole 10s of thousands of dollars from him. Did you see that side?



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