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Background Investigation Executive Summary     Case Study #1                                                                                 

 

MICHAEL SCAPELLATI   (this is a real case, the names have been changed)

GIN FUND USA

San Francisco, CA

                                                                                                                                       

 

Personal Data Summary

 

Michael operated GIN FUND USA and was siphoning off funds to fuel his lavish lifestyle including buying homes and cars for his porno star girlfriend, which all came out in his divorce last year. His employees had to be thrown out of work dues to the mismanagement.  His wife alerted the authorities just as he was about to leave the country with his girlfriend in his 75-foot yacht.

 

 

Regulatory and Litigation Summary



It could have been foreseen ahead of time that he might have problems, since he had multiple tax liens & judgments going back to 1991, and was put on probation in 1998 for drunken driving and other criminal charges.  His civil litigation history is comprised of 38 records going back to 1989.

 

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Personal Data


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Regulatory and Litigation

 

Federal Civil History

 

10 cases found in Federal civil court, most are suits brought by the SEC

 

 

Federal, Criminal & Appellate

 

None found

 

 

State, County, Criminal

 

Offense: DRUNK DRIVING WITH A PRIOR - UNLICENSED DRIVER  
Offense Date: 11/22/1999  
Judgement: PLED GUILTY; FOUND GUILTY  
Disposition: PLED GUILTY; FOUND GUILTY; SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS PROBATION; $1,100.00 FINE; LICENSE RESTRICTED FOR 2 YEARS; MADD PROGRAM (LENGTH OF TIME NOT SPECIFIED); STEARING WHEEL TO INTERLOCK; ALCOHOL PROGRAM (LENGTH OF TIME NOT SPECIFIED) 

Verified By: NAME, DOB, AND SSN 

 

Offense: DRUNK DRIVING  
Offense Date: 08/04/1998  
Judgement: PLED GUILTY  
Disposition: PLED GUILTY - COURT ACCEPTED PLEA; SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS PROBATION; 4 DAYS CUSTODY; WORK RELEASE IN LIEU OF CUSTODY; MADD PROGRAM (LENGTH OF TIME NOT SPECIFIED); 3 MONTHS 1ST CONVICTION PROGRAM; $1,500.00 FINE; WARRANT ISSUED ON 07/15/1995 FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE MADD PROGRAM  
Disp. Date: 12/15/1998 

Verified By: NAME, DOB, AND SSN 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Bankruptcies & Tax Liens

 

Tax Lien in California Found for $10,000 from 1991

 
CALIFORNIA UCC INDEX
Filing Number:  96-13660697    File Date: 05/13/1996
Filing Type:  JUDGMENT LIEN  Expiration Date: 05/14/2001

 

 

State, County, Civil Courts

 

 

 :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
Case Number:  652442
   Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - PROMISSORY NOTE
05/29/1992        SCAPELATTI MICHAEL     SECONDARY/OTHER DEFENDANT
 
:  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
  Case Number:  BC 178730
  Court:  LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL - CIVIL
09/30/1997        GIN FUND U S A     DEFENDANT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
Case Number:  BC 178730
                          Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - OTHER CIVIL COMPLAINT
09/30/1997        GIN FUND U S A     DEFENDANT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
Case Number:  L526153
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
07/05/1991        SCAPELATTI MICHAEL     SECONDARY/OTHER DEFENDANT
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
Case Number:  N70908
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
03/26/1996        SCAPELATTI MICHAEL      SECONDARY/OTHER PLAINTIFF
                       :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
Case Number:  N53873
 
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - 
12/06/1991        SCAPELATTI MICHAEL    PRIMARY PLAINTIFF
                      :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
                    Case Number:  712155
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
07/07/1997        SCAPELATTI  MICHAEL      SECONDARY/OTHER DEFENDANT
07/07/1997        GiN FUND USA     PRIMARY DEFENDANT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  N75305
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
        :  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  EAC 75392
           Court:  LOS ANGELES - POMONA - CIVIL
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  N70910
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - 
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  N79658
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  N80569
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  N53249
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - OTHER CIVIL COMPLAINT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  GIN005353
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - OTHER CIVIL COMPLAINT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  GIN007973
           Court:  SAN DIEGO -  - BREACH OF CONTRACT
            09/11/2000        SCAPELATTI MICHAEL      PRIMARY DEFENDANT
 
        :  SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR CIVIL INDEX
     Case Number:  D457218
 

 

 

 

Media Releases

 

According to court documents, the Internal Revenue Service has been investigating how the company received and used its funds since at least 1998. Founders Michael SCAPELATTI  and Patrice SCAPELATTI ‘S nasty divorce, filed in January 2000, generated five volumes of documents that show a company in chaos while SCAPELATTI  allegedly disposed of at least $107 million since 1997.

"The idea that he wasted millions on a porn actress while I worked so hard for my little money is outrageous," Moore said. Moore was among at least 400 Gin Fund employees nationwide who were thrown out of work when the company was placed in receivership by a federal judge in San Diego.  Article and Photographs of Girlfriend