For the 3rd year in a row Amy Gaebel with UCC All Starz engaged a choreographer for the clubs All Star Cheerleading squads. The choreographer is a 2 time collegiate national champion. 2010 choreography services were completed July 12th - 15th and Amy paid the choreographer $3,200 with a check as was done the past 2 years.
This is where the partnership went south. The check bounced. It was put through a second time and again bounced. At this time Amy stopped accepting phone calls and would only converse via e-mail and text messages all of which have been retained for history and small claims court back-up. Coach Gaebel stated that she had mailed a replacement check on Monday, August 9th. When that check never arrived, you had the person that originally brought the choreographer to you 3 years ago hand deliver a check on August 16th. He was a member of your team a number of years ago and also from the same national collegiate championship squad as the choreographer.
The original check was from UCC All Starz with a different city and address on it from the replacement. This check was from a different company, just All-Starz Inc with the Mequon, WI address. On August 19th the choreographer received a notice from the bank that his accounts were permanently closed because the 3rd check bounced and do to the amount of fraudulent activity they closed it with no access to the monies.
The choreographer was on the job at a major university in Indiana so could only call and leave Coach Gaebel a message. The other person on his account also called Amy and left messages both at work and on her cell. On the 20th Amy called back to this person and only then did she say that the check she said she mailed on the 9th had been cashed at a cash station somewhere so when the 2nd check was presented there were not funds. She stated the bank was requesting a copy of the choreographers license to compare signatures as the check apparently was stolen and cashed by someone.
The choreographer requested a copy of that check with the information regarding the location where the check was cashed so we could pursue mail and identity theft. She indicated that once the bank verified the fraud the funds would be replaced into her account.in the meantime she would get the funds and get the choreographer paid. We sent Amy the info she requested the following morning, she never sent us the fraud information so we could pursue.
The replacement payment was to be made via money order per an August 20th phone conversation. Via a text you sent to the choreographer, you had TWO money orders and were going to send them separately to make sure the 1st one got there and then send the 2nd.
When no payments arrived, on September 1st the choreographer sent you 4 text messages seeking status of the payments. On September 2nd you responded via text "Sorry, my gqandma died late thurs leaving my disabled dad with a funeral 2 plan and me finding him housing as he lived with her. Temp moved him yesterday and am driving back 2day. Should be back by late afternoon and will get tracking number." Amy also indicated to get in touch with her should be via e-mail because her phone was "MIA". It is always something.
On September 2nd, 5th and 6th follow-up text messages were sent to Coach Gaebel seeking the tracking number she stated she would supply. No response. Finally a money order was received for $500 stating it was #2 of 3. The choreographer sent a text indicating that #1 was never received. And that ended ALL conversations.
Amy is a very shrewd and devious business woman because according to the Mequon Police Department they cannot do anything to her for bouncing 3 checks because we accepted the $500 partial payment. Now it is a small claims court issue.in initial conversations with the Mequon Police Department they said we needed to send her a formal demand for restitution. Choreographer did that via FedEx to the business and they never accepted it. Then sent it Certified Mail to Amy Gaebel's house and again it was returned unclaimed. Then she sent the money order.
She now ignores all e-mail, text and phone calls. She was on Yahoo the other day and we tried an instant message and she logged out immediately. Posts on the gyms Facebook page get removed. They do not want the parents to know because they pay fees for this service. So you would think that they would be concerned where their fees are going. We would also hope that they would not want to be a part of a facility that engages in fraudulent and deceptive activity. It concerns me that this kind of person is working with youth. What kind of an example is this. We will see her in small claims court.
Our intent here is to warn parents to question the fees here because they are being lied to. Also when they start competing, they are basically doing so with stolen choreography. Do not go to this gym and have your very hard earned money stolen and misappropriated. There are a number of well run gyms in WI that have very respectable owners / management that you can be proud or being associated with and having them work with your children. Lies and deceptive practices are not their gyms motto like it is at UCC All-Starz or All-Starz Inc. Or whatever name they are going by now.
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