Jason Sawyer Bromani Howard (510) 213-9436 bromanihoward768@gmail.com Unstar Plastics, LLC Sent a check to purchase a horse, asked me to send part of the money via Zelle to pay the shipper and then two days later stopped payment on the check. Harahan LA

I placed an ad to sell a horse on a Facebook page Southern Maryland Horse and a website called DreamHorse a site for buying and selling horses on 5/8/2024. I was contacted on 5/21/224 via text by a person claiming to be Jason Sawyer who was interested in purchasing my horse. He claimed he wanted the horse as a surprise birthday gift for his wife. He asked me several questions about the horse in terms of diet, health, temperament, etc. He sent me a check via FedEx on 5/21/2024, unfortunately I no longer have the envelop. I deposited the check made out for 8300.0. I was expecting a personal check but the check came from a company: Unistar Plastics. I went on line and found their webpage and saw that it was a legitimate company so I took the check to the bank and deposited it. The next day, Mr Sawyer contacted me with information about where the horse was going since it was going out of state he needed a health certificate. I contacted my veterinarian who provided the health certificate. Mr. Sawyer was the requesting I contact the shipper on 5/22/2024 and I explained to him via text that it is up to the buyer to arrange the shipping because the contract is between buyer and shipper not the seller. He indicated that he had sent me enough money to cover the price of the horse 5500.00 plus the cost of the health certificate and the shipping cost. He gave me a phone number for the shipper and an email address. He then was very insistent that I send the shipper the 2000.00 hauling fee via Zelle so that we could get the shipment underway. The email provided for the shipper is BromaniHoward768@gmail.com and the phone number Mr. Sawyer gave me for them is (510) 213-9436. I texted him on 5/23/224 and asked for an update on the shipper, was there an anticipated time of arrival and he stated he was traveling but would be in touch. I was checking my account this morning on 5/24/2024 and saw that the balance was much lower than expected. I saw that the 8300.00 had been withdrawn from my account. I immediately contacted the bank but they could not give me a specific indication as to why it was withdrawn. The woman I spoke with said "It could be alot of reasons-insufficient funds, person writing the check did not have the authority to do so, stop payment was placed on the check, etc". They did inform me that the Zelle payment was not reversible. I did contact Mr. Sawyer who swears he does not know what is going on. I contacted the stable he gave as the delivery destination for the horse and they have never heard of him. His phone number is (646) 337-4912 and his email Brightlightsaver@gmail.com  My email is janethorse13@gmail.com and my phone number is (301)906-2606.