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City Threatens to Sue Promote La Jolla BID
Deborah Marengo, Resa Ghasemi, and Tiffany Sherer would be named in the suit if it is filed. Sherer is now head of the City of San Diego's Business Improvement District Council. Marengo is still on the board of Promote La Jolla. ======================== Maybe I am missing something here. Sherer and Marengo are accused of fraud in a City BID, and are about to get sued by the City Attorney, yet they are STILL working for the City, Sherer in another BID and Marengo is stil at Promote La Jolla. That just doesn't add up or make sense, which is why I can assume it is true because this is the government we are talking about here. How does this happen, is there no acountability in gov employment?????— April 21, 2010 9:26 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
Thanks for the link to Mr "A's". The place is still there-with the new owner. I wonder if they have redone the inside, I am sure they must have. As for Fanghella, I still doubt he had saved any money. I wonder what offcie he worked for with Drexel-LA, NY? I remember Drexel's La Jolla office, at Prospect and Fay in that 3 story building on the corner-and then the firm imploded and they closed everything down.— April 21, 2010 8:08 a.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
I assumed that he had built up substantial retirement assets prior to the fraud, and those assets in the 401(k) and IRA that pre-date the fraud ========================= I don't think so B. Don, maybe you can answer this question. Did Fanghella have any serious job before PinnFund? Where he could have built up a big retirement nest egg? I find it hard to believe because of the way he spent money-like it grew on trees. I just can't see someone like him putting away money in a retirement plan (assuming he even had a serious income to begin with then).— April 20, 2010 10:34 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
Walter Wencke is more than likely dead by now-either that or he is 86 years old............it is hard to live a life on the run, always looking over your shoulder. I guess when you're looking at life in the slammer it is the better of two bad options. Hey, does anyone know if Mr "A"'s is still operating at the 5th Avenue Financial Center at 5th and Laurel?— April 20, 2010 9:50 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
I have always been curious, too, about Kelly Cook's looks ================== Here are two pics at the bottom of the page-says she was born in 65-so she is 45 today. These pics are probably from 20 years ago; http://www.gossiprocks.com/kelly-jaye— April 20, 2010 8:45 a.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
The government may have let his ex-wife keep her 50% community property share of his assets. He may have reconciled with his ex-wife, and is living with her in the covenant, assuming she lives there. He may be living in City Heights and lists his address as Rancho Santa Fe because he can't accept the reality of his situation. Perhaps like OJ Simpson, creditors and the government could not reach the retirement funds in his 401(k) and IRA. A man his age could have accumulated $2 million or more in retirement money. By Burwell 10:49 p.m., Apr 19, 2010 =================== B- Fanghella didn't have ANY legit money-it was all a fraud-so he does not have a 401K or an IRA. No money is safe-including retirement accounts-when it is acquired by fraud. That includes all the money his wife received too. Randall Cunningham's wife had to give back millions of dollars (in home equity and other assets) because of his fraud. OJ's retirement account was legit, from his football days and his legit money from his endorsments and movie days, not from fraud like Fanghella's money. Fanghella simply cannot shield his money in a 401K/retirement account when it was the result of fraud. If I went out and robbed a bank, then put all the loot in a 401K before I was busted-that money is all going back to the bank-not me in retirement. Same concept applies to Fanghella's money. Kelly Cook was sued and LOST everything which Fanghella "gifted" to her-because the money used to buy Cook's goodies was NOT Fanghella's to spend. BTW- I didn't recall this last night, but I do recall the Cook lawsuit brought by the gov to recover the goodies she acquired- and she did indeed have to return the ill gotten booty (pun intended). To be honest-I don't recall this story from when it broke in 2000, but after reading Tom Larson's well writtren article, it really gets me sick to see how much money, how much fraud Fanghella was involved in. It is a staggerig number. Makes Duke Cunningham's fraud look like shop lifting a candy bar. I am also very surprised he is not still in prison, for another 20-30 years.— April 20, 2010 8:38 a.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
The federal prison inmate locater shows Fanghella was only released last Friday, April 16, 2010. Interesting. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Tran…— April 19, 2010 10:31 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
OMG-that Tom Larson story is a RIOT! There should be a Hollywod movie made out of that story...I mean it is just unreal.....hadn't paid taxes since 95!!!!! .....Hollywood could not come up with better stuff than this! No wonder this guy landed in the Big House.....and did he seriously think that funny money was going to last more than a few years at MOST????? Please. OK, now I have to go find a porn video with Kelly Cook and see what she looks like........— April 19, 2010 10:07 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
Reply to post #21 and MICHAEL FANGHELLA- I will say this- he didn't run, he didn't hide and he didn't try to shift the blame. He stated his case-in public and under fire- and if he is above board I have to give a statement like this some credit. I also have to say talk is cheap and actions speak much louder than words. So can Mike walk the walk, or is it all just talk? Lets see how Mike answers in life.— April 19, 2010 3:44 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
Unfortunately getting out "early" is not unusual now-a-days. ===================== There is also no "getting out early" in the federal system either. You do minimum 85% of your time, and get 15% MAX off with good behaviour. Not uncommon to do 100% of a sentence with problems in the prison.— April 19, 2010 9:19 a.m.