Before buying said gas station aboveat 325 Route 36N, I had been lied to with the intent to deceive me as to allfinancial aspects of the business. Basically I feel I was defrauded. The sellerclaimed to have sold me a "very lucrative business" that, in fact, was only yielding profits while a double canopy Woroco Gas Station only 2blocks north was under construction and not functioning yet as a business. Thisdouble canopy Woroco station was under construction for 2 years prior to mypurchasing of a single canopy Woroco station and had just opened for businessin August 06.
It's true I saw this gas station there and open for business, but my grip isWHY wasn't I ever told about this situation. I conferred in person with thepresident of Woroco Petro along with the seller present in late September inthe president's office in Sewarin, NJ. Nothing was mentioned to me about thenewly constructed Woroco gas station located just 2 blocks up the road from mein Hazlet, NJ. Neither the seller nor Woroco Petroleum warned me of this.
The grand opening of this newly built Woroco double canopy gas stationundoubtedly hindered the intake of my gross revenue substantially. To addinsult to injury, the very same Woroco station, as mentioned, constructed alarge convenience store on the site of their gas station in mid-November '06which hurt my gross intake even more so.By adding the convenience store attheir location they were able to take even more customers away from me.
The closing of my gas station was on 10/25/06 without the benefit of legalcounsel and I was fully taken advantage of by signing contracts throw at me oneat a time without even being advised by anyone at the closing table as to whatit was I was signing nor that it would have been advantageous for me to seekcounsel before all this signing occurred.
Personally, to me this Russian outfit is a very unscrupulous group ofindividuals. There have eye witness accounts that this Russian owned andoperated station were changing their prices more than once in a 24 hour period. Reports were phoned in repeatedly to the local Weights and Measures Dept. Butunfortunately they were not able to catch them in the act.
Also, it's been widely known that this company consistently hires illegalaliens (mostly Russian and Middle Eastern) whom they house in a large boardinghouse they own and operate on 10 South Holly Drive, Keansburg, NJ 07734.
There's much to be said in this complaint.
In January I consulted with an attorney by the name of Peter Frunzi, 248 BoardStreet, Red Bank, NJ 07701 who immediately told me I had a legitimate caseagainst all parties concerned, i.E., the seller, the landlord, and WorocoPetroleum. He had no problem grabbing, at the speed of light, my $5000.00retainer, but did virtually nothing for me in helping with my case. He did notfile any legal action with the court nor issue subpoenas as he stated to me hewould when we first met in January 07. He stated to me that he had intended tohave everyone involved in this case sit at the table and discuss what was to bedone and how we should go about resolving this matter while a Judge Clynepresided over this matter under a binding arbitration. This never came to be. Peter Frunzi just kept postponing the matter claiming he was waiting for my accountantto assess the damages involved.
Once finished by the accountant, I gave the damages report to Frunzi in earlyJanuary 08. He pursed absolutely nothing until I was forced to call him myselfon February 15,08 to find out what he had now planned on doing for me to helpme regain my nearly $400,000.00 in losses.
He insisted on giving me the run around. That we needed a forensic accountant, evidence (which I found out through another attorney was pure non-sense) andthe cherry on the cake was that he admitted later to me that I had a virtuallyun-win able case. This attorney only turned out to be more unsavory than thedevious, lying, unscrupulous con-artist parties I'd been dealing with allalong.
I have all documents, contracts, bank statements, and receipts saved by myaccountant and digital recorded phone messages.
If any attorney is interested in representing me in this case on a contingencybasis please do not hesitate to e-mail me and we'll meet and discuss the finerpoints of this case. I've been told by several attorneys already that I do havea legitimate case here, but it would cost me a considerable amount of money (near $50,000-70,000 that I do not have) to litigate this matter.
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