Carl A Blackstone - Blackstone Realty Group - BRG Inc -Home In A Box - Tri Steel Scam Artist Quaker Hill Connecticut

To Whom it May Concern,

Unfortunately, the Anonymous poster of this fraud alert has taken advantage of posting misleading and false information about my company and me, while remaining Anonymous.  While the entire country was suffering from the worst real estate crash in recorded history, my company suffered the same fate as other Real Estate Companies.  Funding for buyers to purchase properties disappeared; appraisal values put owner under water; lenders were hesitant and the economy stalled.  I did not drive my company into the ground, the economy failed.

I was the Broker/Owner of Blackstone Realty Group, LLC in Connecticut between 2001 and 2008, during this time, I had a perfect ethics record with the Southeastern Connecticut Board of Realtors, which I was a member - no ethics or criminal complaints.  I was a Regional Distributor for Tri-Steel Homes.  The company in the title of this complaint, "Home in a Box" was a concept company that did not get off the ground - so sales, no deposits, no injured customers.

At this time, while the economy was failing, I suffered a heart atttack and related health issues.  This slowed me down and stopped my operations.  I was forced to lay off employees and close my businesses.  All employees employed by my company received unemployment benefits and I paid employees far longer than I took a paycheck.

I never signed on check that was returned for insufficient funds.  If the writer has checks, please look at the signature, if it's not my signature, then someone wrote checks they were unauthorized to write.

All contracts that Blackstone Realty Group was bound to have been released, along with any obligations tied to those contracts.

I have never extorted monies from anyone and I certainly did not wish to close my business, lose all my investments and be forced to start from scratch.