Gaines Vending Leasing - Thomas Ligor - Jack G. Schwartz The President Of The Company gaines vending- snack and soda vending machine sales people that tricked customers into paying for false locations. placing advertisements in newspapers that claimed the routes were available for a limited time. ripoff Great Neck New York

Thomas Ligor did it again. We fell for this scam. Still waiting for the rest of the refund. He sold us non existing locations by forcing us to pay because other people were waiting for the same locations. After the locator contacted us with the locations he marketed to get, we tried to confront Ligor but refused to take our calls for 10 days. We insisted to speak to the president but no one at the company knew his schedule. we tried all attempts to contact the president, finally ligor spoke to us and said locations come and go and lie after lie after lie.

Not knowing he was arrested a few years back for the same scam we fell into. Notified the president of the arrest,we wanted our refund right away. The president refunded our money minus the locator fees. Which is clearly not our mistake.

This company is dishonest and abuses sales techniques and force a sale onto you.

As of 8-21-08 there are over 40 complaints on the BBB of New York.

According to the New York feds Thomas ligor's case is still open.

There were so many lies like a free fill up of machines for the first time, and according to the president there is no such thing. Refused all of our calls.

we are so shocked a how unproffesional this company is.
The only reason Thomas Ligoremployed because Jack G. Scwartz is his uncle, and his wife does the financing part-go figure.

This was the arrest of the salesmen and that clearly is a shame that is happend again.

Feds arrest 11 in New York City area vending scam that netted $6 million

August 19, 2004

Feds arrest 11 in New York City area vending scam that netted $6 million
Eleven people were arrested Tuesday by federal officials on charges they tricked customers into paying for vending machines that often were never delivered and vending machine routes that failed to bring in the big profits that were promised, according to court papers and the US attorney's office.

Officials with the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service said those arrested worked for corporations involved in a scheme that raked in more than $6 million from machine sales between January 2000 and December 2002, reported Long Island Newsday.
Those arrested were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and appeared before US Magistrate Michael Orenstein in Central Islip on Tuesday. They were: Richard Guadagno Sr., 45, and Richard Guadagno Jr., 24, both of 4 Harbor Circle, Centerport; Sidney Silver, 75, of 93 Wilson Place, Plainview; Thomas Ligor, 30, of 4220 Douglaston Pkwy., Little Neck; Leonard Geller, 71, of 41 W. 86th St., New York; Howard Kelly, 64, of 35 Maple Ave., Bay Shore; Michael Brett, 48, of 3 Sandgate Place, Melville; Joseph McDonald, 40, of 23 Peppermint Rd., Commack; Ronald Dent, 58, 386 Stuyvesant Ave., Brooklyn; Aimee Pereira, 22, of 95 Parkway Dr., Plainview; and Charles Rizzo, 53, of 14 New York Ave., Massapequa.

Richard Guadagno Sr., who federal officials identified as the lead defendant and president, was held in jail. Silver was released on a personal recognizance bond and Pereira was held because the conditions of her bond were not met. The rest of the defendants were released on bail, said a court clerk. Anthony Hall of Miami, another defendant named in the complaint, was already in custody in Florida on unrelated charges, the U.S. attorney spokesman said. Additional arrests are expected. The defendants are associated with Castle Marketing Inc., Essex Marketing Group Inc., Westbrook Marketing Associates LLC, Westbrook Marketing Group Inc., Manhattan Vending LLC and USA Vending Inc., corporations with offices in Greenlawn and East Farmingdale, according to court documents.

Between March 2000 and December 2002, the corporations offered vending machines and routes for sale to customers across the country, placing advertisements in newspapers that claimed the routes were available for a limited time. Salespeople working for the corporation relayed a number of false claims when interested customers called, exaggerating profit projections, saying machines were being sent when they were not and claiming the company had an exclusive distribution arrangement for Procter & Gamble's Pringles potato chips, according to court documents. The scam also steered customers to companies that promised to place machines in prime spots, the court papers said. Golden Key issued a "no money loss guarantee" and charged about $200 per machine. One unidentified customer received written information by mail that promised more than $79,000 per year in profits for 15 machines, court papers said. In 2003, about six machines grossed the customer $1,148. The 15 machines cost him $20,925.

Sal
phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.

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