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

May 17, 2005

  • May 19, 2005 at 8:36 am
    Taddeo says:
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    He has bilked me and my family out of thousands. He will get what he deserves.
    If there is an attorney looking for a class action lawsuit–I want to know about it. This current scheme was not the only one!

  • May 20, 2005 at 10:04 am
    AnnMarie says:
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    I do not know Thomas Masciarelli, but I have done business with Steve Petrarca for years and will continue to. He is a smart and caring man, a gentleman. He is very knowledgeable, and above all honest. To put his name in the mud is a disgrace, and a shame.

  • May 20, 2005 at 10:43 am
    Tony says:
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    Thomas Masciarelli was a member of a local Lodge that many of us in Florida belong to, we all trusted him and he is responsible for taking thousands of dollars from many of us. We trusted him and he stole from us. He started taking our money way back in 1995, long before he ever as associated with Steven Petrarca.

    Steven Petrarca is the President of our Lodge and we all stand behind him and will back him to the end. Through association with Masciarelli, Steven Petrarca shouldn’t be having his good and honorable name dragged through the mud, he can and will defend himself and be exonorated.

  • May 20, 2005 at 11:11 am
    Jenny says:
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    This Masciarelli is a piece of work, he’s stolen so much money from my grandparents over the years and yet they continued to trust him. Now they are paying the price and so is all our inheritances.

    He needs to be punished to the full extent of the law.

    Steven Petrarca is only an associate of his and that needs to be taken into consideration, he’s as much a victim of Masciarelli as the rest of us. He leads a whole different lifestyle than Masciarelli.

  • May 20, 2005 at 3:04 am
    Julia and Domenic says:
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    The first thing people need to take into consideration is the fact that these are so far just allegations which need to be proved.

    My husband and I, through our Lodge have known Thomas Masciarelli for years and known about him. We wouldn’t trust him as far as we could throw him.

    He started off in Florida with all kinds of schemes. The Bookie Breakers, he had his own website. He’s a gambler with a big addition and gamblers can’t be trusted. He thinks himself a womanizer and a made guy. He’s a punk that needs to be slapped down a few pegs. He’s had a phony company called Access Health Max, where lots of lodge members lost money,then there’s his big scheme with Palm Beach Financial and now the latest.

    Him and his wife used to sell swag jewelry and hot pocketbooks out of the truck of their car, anything to make an easy buck. When the lodge ran functions, he had his hand in the till there.

    Steve Petrarca is an honest business man who is caught up in a mess because he trusted the wrong guy.

    Petrarca is married, had 4 kids, ties to the community and his church. God Bless Him and we all hope he can separate himself from this mess caused by Masciarelli. Masciarelli is a disgrace to his Italian Heritage, it’s guys like him that give our heritage a bag name.
    Good Luck Steve you deserve it.

  • May 20, 2005 at 3:42 am
    Gina and Michael says:
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    This Tom Masciarelli is a crook, a liar and a thief. We hope he gets what he’s got coming to him, which is hell. He’s lived off stolen money for years.

    I’ll bet he had his hand in the collection basket when he was a kid, if he ever even went to church.

    Too bad to Steve Petrarca, you sleep with dogs, you get fleas! Steve, get a good lawyer and tell the truth, you’ll be fine, the other one will rot in hell for all he has done to people who trusted him.

    Steve Petrarca is an honest man with a nice wife and family. He’s always there to help his friends and those in need.

    We have invested with him in the past and will continue to, he’s taken care of our financial and insurance business and never steered us wrong.

    Steve is an upright guy, Tom is a crook!

  • May 20, 2005 at 3:56 am
    John says:
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    I belong to the lodge and have been investing w/ Steve Petrarca for a few years. Tom Masciarelli is a shady manipulator, that couldn’t shine Petrarca’s shoes.. Tom is a show off, a liar and a cheat. I remember the selling of the “hot loot” and the countless wheels and deals he was always offering up.
    Petrarca is an honest guy, he probably got scammed by Masciarelli like everyone else over the years. Tom’s new stripper / crack head girlfriend is most likely involved as well.

  • May 20, 2005 at 4:23 am
    Anonymous says:
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    Now that the word is out and we’re reading the postings, I can only add bad things about Tom Masciarelli.

    When our Lodge ran Monte Carlo nights, I can remember running a tape on what the tables should be taking in, Masciarelli ran a table and believe me, there were thousands of dollars less that came to the Lodge than were played. Even there he stole money, for a charitable non-profit organization. He’s always been shady.

    I don’t know Steve Petrarca, but he has my sympathy. He got mixed up with the wrong guy, Masciarelli is a crook today and has been his whole life. I wouldn’t trust him with a dollar.

    Isn’t it something when you read the article of where the men were arrested, Masciarelli was arrested at home resting and Petrarca was arrested at his office working. Go figure.

    I hope Masciarelli pays for all he’s done and Petrarca is able to prove his innocence.

  • May 21, 2005 at 8:55 am
    Mike & Mary says:
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    As I read These posted notes about Tom Masciarelli, I can tell you that they are garbage!!! Tom has a heart of gold and will help anyone. He has stuck by me through thick and thin. I met Petrarca twice, he is the REAL SCAMMER. What kind of man would marry a woman who gave away her baby. Tom is a GOOD man. And God will protect him against the evil brought on by his partner

  • May 21, 2005 at 9:49 am
    may says:
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    I am reading these comments with such laughter. Thank you guys you have made my morning. I can’t belive there are so many people out there who think Steve is so wonderful, honest, great busines guy. Maybe he is.

    I CAN’T BELIEVE THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE ON STEVE’S SIDE. TOO FUNNY FOR ME. I THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE EITHER PEOPLE JOYCE AND STEVE KNOW OR THEY THEMSELVES. I WILL PRAY FOR YOU TODAY WHOEVER YOU ARE. TOM IS A WONDERFUL MAN AND I KNOW HIM.

    THIS IS HIS GIRLFRIEND THE ONE SOMEONE REFERS TO AS THE STRIPPER/CRACK HEAD. I ONLY PRAY FOR THE SICK INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS TO ATTACK ME. MUST BE A JEALOUS PERSON OUT THERE. SORRY I AM SO BEAUTIFUL, SORRY I HAVE A GREAT BODY, REALLY I TRULY AM. GOD BLESSED ME AND THAT IS THAT. SOME OF US HAVE IT AND SOME OF US DONT. SORRY I LOVE TOM AND KNOW HE IS A GOOD GUY. SORRY IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO IS SO JEALOUS OF TOM AND I THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING UP MY PAST, A PAST THAT WAS SO LONG AGO. WHOMEVER THIS PERSON IS MUST BE SO UNHAPPY WITH THEMSELVES. SORRY FOR YOU.

    OH AND BY THE WAY, YES AT ONE TIME I DID HAVE A PROBLEM BUT THAT WAS A LIFE I DON’T EVEN GO TO. AND I WILL PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO WROTE THAT ABOUT ME AND I HOPE THAT THEY NEVER HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO GOES THROUGH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.
    GOD BLESS YOU GUYS

    BUT REALLY GO GET A JOB. AND STOP THIS CRAZY NONSENSE.



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