Ananda Perera ripped me off. I invested in a company in 2010 that he was supposedly representing as CEO. Turns out the company was only in his head and he sold me fake shares of a corporation that is currently inalid.
I had done business with Ananda previously. Thought he knew what he was doing as he had started a previous company. This company I invested in is a called Athena Technology to address next generation switching. The concept was sound and he said he had many investors looking at it, including Alcatel Lucent and Tyco. I gave him $50,000 based on his reputation and also coming in the company as a partner. I wish I did my due diligence better. Turns out, he had been trying to raise money since that the list of investors were not valid (he had none), and the other "advisors" to Athena knew nothing of Ananda and his activities.
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