Beware of Todd C. Spenla the equally shady recruiter Tommy Belesis owner of John Thomas Financial.
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Todd C. Spenla went back to work as a recruiter after his failed buisness Microbanc had been inundated with multiple lawsuits including one from multi-fraud convicted Ronald J Goldberg whom Spenla had multiple shading dealings with. Google Ronald J Goldberg, you will see many felony convictions, and Spenla is being sued by him in a deal gone sour.
Todd C. Spenla and Ronald J Goldberg and others of similar character try to convince young companies they can help them raise capital and advise them with no luck. Google Todd Spenla and you will see the multiple reports of his improper dealings.
He recently tried to unsuccessfully sue his former partner and company in a frivolous action in which was ordered that his complaints were not valid and dismissed and received his accounting and K-1 for his 8 month short lived association.
Here is some interesting information about his former associate Ron Goldberg, whom he had multiple business deals with:
Habitual criminal
Prison officials would not permit the Business Press to speak with Goldberg, but if it is Ronald J. Goldberg, it wouldn't be the first time he has been found practicing venture capitalism from prison. On Feb. 21, a $200,000 fine was levied against him for attempting "to sell securities on the Internet through fraudulent means while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. From February through May Goldberg directed an associate to post false and misleading advertisements for the offer or sale of the stock of GlobeNet Capital Corp. On eBay and Yahoo! Internet auction sites, " said the Securities & Exchange Commission. Prior to the SEC fine, Goldberg's rap sheet shows a conviction for "Wire Fraud, Interstate Transportation of Money Obtained by Fraud and Aiding and Abetting, " followed by a subsequent conviction for "Interstate Transportation of Stolen Securities, Poss (ession) of Stolen Securities, Bank Fraud, False Statements in Application for a Bank Loan and Attempted Escape, " and "Forging the Signature of a U.S. Magistrate Judge and False Statements." Goldberg was sentenced to 10 years and five months in prison and released Aug. 30.in January Goldberg pled guilty to wire fraud while on parole and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "sustained criminal activity spanning nearly 20 years." Last August, he also pled out to one count of parole violation, in connection with the wire fraud. It was during this period of incarceration that most of the alleged actions said to have been conducted by Goldberg in connection with the Sahara site would have taken place." (Goldberg's) network from jail is amazing, " said the source, who commented that Grunewald has underwritten everything.
As to his new employer, the New York Post had this to say about him:
The first glimpses into his past came last year when Belesis, 37, was called to testify in a Central Islip courtroom as a witness to a triple homicide. Belesis took the stand for the government, which had charged his former childhood pal, Christian Tarantino, with killing three people between 1994 and according to testimony obtained exclusively by The Post.
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If you are a stockbroker beware of his sleazy tactics including false claims of your firm being in regulatory or financial trouble.
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