Capri Restaurant/ Andy Rovito Owner Bought a chihuahua puppy and paid with a check on a closed account!!!! Naperville Illinois

The Naperville Police were able to recover my money without too much trouble. Thank you Naperville Police. Also Joe and his wife knew nothing of this whole mess. Someone used the name when I called.

The Naperville Police were able to recover my money without too much trouble. Thank you Naperville Police.

Check are not accepted as final payment. If it bounces, or is just plain old no good, they get to keep their money, and you are out you animal.

Joe and his wife had nothing to with this apparently, Andy had all of it himself.

I took a drive to Naperville Police Station yesterday, New Years Day, and filed criminal charges against Andy Rovito for Theft by Deception. I will be awaiting to see what happens next.

Peter, I agree with you that the seller has a responsibillity to protect themselves in financial situations but your comment sounds more like defense of a criminal than advice for the victim. She may not have done a very good job of protecting herself, however if people like Andy Rovito did NOT exist it would certainly make doing business for most good people much more enjoyable.

PS: I will also be posting a complaint against this same individual in the near future.

I own a vacation rental property in Florida that I have a professional property management company taking care of for me. They rented my condo to Andrew Rovito for a week from 8/22/2008 to 8/30/2008. I don't usually visit the condo on a regular basis and it could have easily been months before I discovered the following and he only took or ruined items that the maids or management could easily have not noticed missing as he generally left the condo in good condition and things seem generally fine other than HIS BOUNCED CHECK!

1) He stole a Nintendo WII that belongs to my son but that we leave available to renters in an effort to provide entertainment and an enjoyable stay for other families with childeren. ps:it's in a drawer and the cleaning people could easily not notice it missing.

2) He stole a Sony Playstation II that is also kept in a drawer in the masterbedroom and could easily not be noticed missing.

3) He broke into (locked with a home entry quaility door lock and then closed and relocked) the owners closet and took several items. Again the cleaning people wouldn't notice this as they don't even have access to owners closet.

4) While in the owners closet he took the time and effort to (probably several hours) to pry open a locked, fireproof 2'X2'X2' Sentry safe and steal the contents. He then turned the safe around backwards, piled my personal linens on top of the safe and relocked the owners room in an effort to conceal his crime.

Well, anyway, had I not been coming to FL to do some minor repairs and been the next person staying in my condo, the theft could have easily gone months without being noticed and several tenants could have moved in and out allowing him the throw blame on any number of honest guests.

You cannot accuse someone of knowingly giving you a check on a closed account when you yourself admit to "taking a while" to cash it. The check very may have been legit at the time he wrote it. At any rate, it is YOUR responsibility as the seller to A) verify the funds are available in any given account before accepting a check, B) insisting on cash, money order, or certified check if you are not comfortable taking a personal check, AND C) verifying that the correct amount is paid up front before the exchange of goods. It sounds like you failed on all three counts.