Before I begin, I want to point out that I am keeping this post at the top of my Blog Posts so it is easily found. I will also say this. Avoid this person at all costs. Read below to understand why.
There are more updates below (dated April 25, 2014) – importantly, he now has lost his fake name Casiraghi, and goes by Fausto Perez – he also has a few other aliases, but all you have to do is say Fausto behind his back and he’ll turn around.
October 27, 2014 – Apparently, the police and or Immigration didn’t finish the job on this lying prick. A new update is forthcoming, but apparently, he’s too stupid to lie well enough to get away with his typical crap. It is evident that he is still pretending to be a diamond dealer of some ridiculous sort. I received a call today, and will await further info before adding to this twisted and most sordid tale of a sad little man who thinks it’s okay to steal from people. I will update shortly.
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Being a man of my word, I said I would expose a person and/or business that exercises bad practices and ethics, at the end of June 2013, if he did not do the right thing by a customer of his, who asked me for my help in dealing with him. This relates to me in that I became involved in this mess simply because the luthier (I use the term loosely as applied to Fausto) never informed the client of the overall situation, making it seem that I did something wrong or unethical. You play games with me and my business and reputation, you better put body armor on. So….Here goes….now mind you, I use language here, so I would say this is R-rated at best. What? He’s a lying prick.
Before we begin, this story is growing as I have investigated more and more of what is going on, and the abuses that pile on to me, my family, clients, and friends. Truth is, I knew him for a bullshit artist back in 2011, but I found him insignificant and unworthy of my time. In other words, I have better things to do. But, in light of what I’ve learned in the past 8 months, since receiving a particular phone call, described below, back in January of 2013, well…things change…..
As I find out more in the last few days (bear in mind that this was written originally back in July of 2013….there are numerous updates strewn within, but chronologically listed toward the bottom), my thoughts are a little bit (okay, a lot of bit) of a running stream of consciousness. As of right now, there are 3 running themes going on at the same time. But the main overall and overriding theme is that Fausto Perez Casiraghi is a lying, thieving crook. He will steal from his partners, his friends, his close friends, and anyone else who falls for his sappy “feel sorry for me” bullshit. He will steal you dry. He could care not one bit for you and the trouble he will cause you. Fuck him. No worries, I know, tough words, very direct, n0? I explain….
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Fausto Perez Casiraghi is the owner of the business(es). He is apparently Italian, but I now doubt this. I think he’s Dominican. He’s about 6’3″ with curly dark hair, sometimes worn in a bun at the back of his head, oily skin, and a big nose. See photo to the right. He calls himself an enologist or a wine expert. He says his father is a wine maker and distributor in Italy. His mother lives in Dominican Republic. He says that he is married, or was married to a woman by the name of Mercedes. I could never get a straight answer from him. Typical liar behavior.
He also calls himself Fausto Antonio Casiraghi. He uses this alias to sell violins in Italy. See “sidenote” toward the bottom of this post.
He used to own Guitar Excelsior. He claimed to be a Luthier making and fixing classical guitars, violins, violas and cellos.
Location was 2360 Amsterdam Ave, Suite 5C, NYC NY 10033
He now says that he’s located at:
28W 27th St 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
info@faustocasiraghi.com
Tel: 917-601-0146
Fax: 917-601-0147
He now professes to be a cinematographer and photographer. LMAO He operates under the same Excelsior model name. He just calls it ExcelsiorEffect.com Whooo, very fancy.
Here’s a link to his bullshit profile on LinkedIn (Fausto Perez Casiraghi LinkedIn Profile)
Please look it up, look at his picture, remember it, and when you see him, run as fast as you can away from him. It’s all bullshit, but it has his picture and THAT is useful. But, I digress….
He has links to the PPA – PPSNYS – and the ASC – Try to find him in their databases? LMAO again. Nowhere to be found. Just another scam in a long line of bullshit scams in his less than stellar life.
What is he? A professional bullshit artist, who will have no problem taking your money and disappearing. Actually, he’s not even that smart. He just sticks around and gives you excuses until you’re blue in the face.
Here’s what he did:
Him and I did business together here and there. Luthier work, guitar stuff. I would send him repair work, my own or other customers. I can’t tell you how many times he did a less than horrible job, incomplete, going so far as to not restring guitars. I reluctantly gave him one or two more chances. He never failed to disappoint. I had to stop doing business with him.
Here’s what he did, to me, and more importantly, to a customer of his….pay attention now….
He had a guitar, one that he wanted to consign to me. It was a Casimiro Lozano – Spruce with Brazilian RW. Nice guitar. Worth about $7.5K or so.
He asked me to sell it for him. I listed it for something like $6K. It sat for a month or two, until June of 2012. He then asked me to buy the instrument from him, as he did not want to wait for the consignment thing. Happens all the time with my customers. No worries.
I gave him $3800 for the guitar. A more than fair price given my out of pocket and risk, etc. I would have given any one else less. But, he was my friend and possibly my partner in another business (more on that another time).
He may wish to argue the details with me. To knock that bullshit down to earth, the Check # was 1133 out of my business account, in the amount of $5300, written to him. I can send him, you or anyone else, a copy of the check. $3800 toward the Casimiro Lozano and $1500 toward the repair of a guitar, one in he which he did a less than inferior job. The notation on the check and in my check book states clearly, “Guitar Repair and Casimiro Lozano CG Consignment Settlement”.
Move on to 4 months + later…..
The great storm of Sandy hit me, flooded me, the Lozano Guitar, among 0thers, was destroyed. I worked for 5+ months on the insurance side of this guitar and the rest of my business, and my home destruction. I settled everything with an amazing amount of work. but again, I digress.
In January of 2013, I’m walking towards the back end of the NAMM show in Anaheim, CA when my phone rings. I click my ear piece. A guy, calls himself Lee, says, “hi, where’s my guitar”?
“What guitar”?
“The Lozano that Fausto gave to you to sell on consignment for me”.
Dead silence on my end of the phone. My head is spinning, rather quickly, that someone would have the audacity to pawn off someone else’s guitar and pocket the money for themselves.
“Rich……..Rich….you there”?
“Yeah, I’m here”, where I proceed to ask as many questions as possible, having to sympathize with Lee about what Fausto did to him, etc. I tell Lee that I will do what ever it takes to help him get his money back from Fausto. He thanks me, we hang up, and I text Fausto immediately, warning him to do the right thing, and give this guy his money.
In typical fashion, he tells you everything you want to hear, but never produces. Here’s the last text I got from Fausto, when I asked him (maybe I told him), to do the right thing by Lee.
Right after the phone call from Lee, on Jan. 25, 2013 @ 3:12PM, I text Fausto, “Lee, who owns the Lozano, just called me…u know the rest of the story…do the right thing, fausto. Givr him his money got the gtr. This is just wrong”. Now, I typed it exactly the way I texted it from CA. Obviously, I was saying, give him his money for the guitar.
Fausto responds within 10 minutes, “Is nothing wrong he was away and I was away; we didn’t got the chance to catch up..! I already spoke with him! Thanks for your concerns.
Six months later, Lee calls me to say that Fausto just keeps putting him off, buying himself more time (a huge Fausto tactic, one employed by most inferior and stupid con artists). I continue the story below, but a thought occurred to me and I have to write it down before I move on….
He has no problem lying to you. He has no problem taking money from you. Again, he has no problem never giving you what your money should have bought. He has no problem giving you a sob story about his life, his father, his mother, his sister, his business, his partners, who stole from him, who cheated him, etc. Heck, he once told a supplier in the tonewood business that his grandfather or father had died, or was seriously ill, but had his sister write the email to the supplier, that he couldn’t get a check to him because he’s in Italy dealing with the death of his father, for 4 months!, etc. Crap like that. It took me a few minutes, but I was able to find the email that he “proudly” forwarded to me. Here’s the email from a Valencia P. (her name is private for her sake, as she is another person used by Fausto, to further his own bullshit and nefarious gains) on behalf of Fausto to someone who Fausto clearly owed money
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My name is Valencia P. I’m the account receivable manager at Oenosophy
> Imports, I’m contacting you on behalf of Fausto Casiraghi who is the son of
> the owner of this enterprise and whom I’ve been helping on his private
> business Guitar Excelsior as well, firstly accept my apologies, I was
> authorized to mail you a check dated back March, 2011 the check was signed
> from an account that was block and cancel, (acknowledging that I refuse to
> send you the payment) I don’t see him often, but the past four month he’s
> in Italy since his father is very ill, this week his wife coming to the
> company I already mention the matters and she will bring me a replacement
> check book(In the worst case scenario, I issue a check from oenosophy
> instead therefore you don’t wait for your funds anymore). Again accept our
> apologies on this regard.
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Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up. He actually was beaming to me that he could lie so effectively to someone. This is when I knew without a doubt that he was someone that I could NOT be associated with in any capacity. Oenosophy is a “wine importation and distribution company” and I use the quotes very vividly, owned by Fausto (at least I think so), and one that he tried to make me President of, running the company, etc.
Mind you, I’ve given Fausto money, but I was redressed very quickly with collateral that I sold, that more than compensated me for my trouble. So, I’m square with him, though that is my own doing. If it were up to him, he’d have fleeced me as easily as anyone else. Bear in mind, that I’m upset with him for doing this to OTHER people. I need it to stop, and I’ll be gotdammed if I’m going to shut up when I see someone hurting or robbing someone else. Yes, Fausto, that’s something you can count on, and oh, by the way, fuck you for thinking I would let you get away with the mistreatment of another human being.
He knows nothing of or very little about wine. He certainly knows less about running a company. He is only an expert at stealing from you.
I’m just finding out about the following in the last 2 days, now looking further into Fausto and his bullshit. The unmitigated nerve of this person!
Bear in mind the name Oenosophy Imports, Ltd.
He will tell you that the address of the company is in Bay Shore, NY. at 93 South Penataquit Ave.
For chrissakes, that’s my address! I have nothing at all to do with Oenosophy or Fausto. He will give you a phone number, 631-647-4572 for the company. That’s MY studio phone number for MY business!!
He has even gone so far as to use my Home Address and Phone number in his business listings? Seriously? You gotta be kidding me, yet there is no joke here. It is now costing me huge time and effort to remove myself from this debacle. Unbelievable gall from this nickel-lined prick. He says he has nothing to do with this. Apparently, specific information via Dun & Bradstreet, with specific income, contact listings (me and my home), amount of employees, etc are all entered on line by a ghost. D&B picked $140K in income out of thin air and posted this information themselves.???? Seriously? He actually denies this, doing this, or using any of this false information to steal from others. He then can point them towards me, as if I’m responsible? Un-freaking-believable.
In other words….Oenosophy Imports, Ltd, a wine importation and distribution company is a construct by Fausto. Yes, it may even have a corporate charter, a NY State number, EIN, but it is simply a shadow. He does nothing with it. He’s so stupid as to let the web site die. http://www.oenosophy.com/ Check for yourself. He’s a lazy liar, a thief without conviction, or the foresight to even attempt to get it right. Yet, still moderately successful at stealing from people. It’s simply a function of good people falling for his bullshit, his innate ability to con good people of their hard earned time and money.
Now I see that he has listed my address, my name, and my home phone number as the primary contact for Oenosophy thru Dun & Bradstreet and other business submission listings. Yet, he has the audacity to say I am not involved. I swear to the gods, I’m going to kick his immigrant ass all the way back to his fucking home country if I ever see him again.
His word is worth nothing.
His talent is worth less.
NEVER give him money or anything of value. You will regret it.
I have another instance, where a Far Eastern Classical Guitarist, commissioned Fausto to build a guitar for him. For months on end, beyond the expected date of the guitar to be delivered, Fausto held the client off, using the guitar to show other customers his work. 6 months beyond expected delivery, I know nothing further of the deal or if the client ever received his guitar. But, mind you, Fausto was paid in full, begging the client for the money for the guitar, or it would never be finished! Gotdam, you gotta give him credit for balls of steel, no?
We now have definitive proof that he is a thief. He fully believes that he is entitled to anything that is yours.
He is such a spineless prick, with no pride…he will ask you, nay, beg you to “Pay my phone bill, pay my credit card, open a bank account, put money in it and give me access”….crap like that again! I can say this because he literally asked me to do this for him. For collateral in guitars, I paid his cell phone bill once, simply because it was going to get shut off. Seriously, the gall of this prick. It’s incredible he can walk given the size of his balls.
Oh, yes, and god help you if you “annoy” him by calling to “ask” for your money. Here’s an example from a text sent to someone by him, where they are simply asking for answers to financial and fiduciary issues, which are his responsiblity…”I’m starting thinkin in making a complaining department just for your calls”.
The seeds are now planted for him to start acting as a child instead of stepping up and being a man, holding true to his responsibility. But, here’s the issue: he never planned on stepping up. His only plan has ever been to fleece you of your hard earned money, to rob you of your time, and to play upon the fabric of your sanity.
Continuing the above story about the consigned guitar, he persistently put Lee off, repeatedly, even giving him a guitar to hold that is worth much less than the $3800 he owes Lee. Lee has a written agreement from Fausto detailing the deal, signed and so on. I will gladly post this among other info to my blog, adding to this entry. To date, he has not produced the money. Clearly, he has no intention of doing so. As far as he’s concerned, I and Lee and anyone else are “faulking preeks” (fucking pricks) to use his vernacular and we can all go to hell. Lee asked me to help him with the guitar. I am now doing so. I will sell the guitar given to him as collateral, but Lee will take a hit on this entire deal. A hit he shouldn’t have to take. A good portion of this email is listed at the bottom of this post, for your inspection.
I warned Fausto repeatedly that I will post this information and anything else detailing this deal. I gave him fair chances to make this right, well over 2 weeks, from the middle of June 2013. I gave him until June 30, 2013 to settle his account with Lee or I would post the details of his deal with Lee and anything else that I know of and or have hard proof of, moving forward.
Instead, he ignored my warnings, and then, smartly(?), chose to call me a drug addled liar to Lee (see email below, at the bottom of this post), all while tripping up over his own lies in the face of the facts that Lee had proof of, sitting on his desk in writing. Christ, what a freak. A running moronathon. He has chosen to ignore it all. So be it.
My turn.
This entire blog entry is a warning, a sincere, no bullshit, “listen to the words I am speaking” kind of siren alert that this person is to be avoided at all costs.
I warn you, do not do business with this cheat. He is a liar. He will stall you. He will play on your sympathies. He will never deliver. Ever.
He will flat out steal from you, money, guitars, violins, cellos, photography equipment (oh yes, that’s how he launched his career in photography and cinematography..by stealing someone’s equipment), whatever you have that is valuable, he will attempt to get his dirty paws into, etc. Give him nothing, do not waste your time, run like bloody hell when you see him, hang up when he calls, call the police if he persists….
Let me repeat this…..HE WILL STEAL FROM YOU. Thousands of dollars, tens of thousands, and more if you give him the opportunity.
He will show no regret, no remorse, he is stone cold in this regard. You will never be done with him. He will get in your head, make you question your own sanity, and then he will have the bold faced gall and audacity to ask you for more money, while he preys upon your sympathies, your good nature, your generosity, and your humanity. You will end up feeling like a used condom by the time he’s done with you.
You’ve been warned. Richard F. Sayage – Feel free to call me with any questions. I’m more than happy to warn you via phone as well.
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July 7, 2013 update. Fausto continues to ignore my request for him to make this right with Lee. I have given him every opportunity. He has probably constructed a fantasy in his mind that he is right, justified, and so on.
He has no problem lying, stealing, stalling, etc. He goes so far as to continue to lie to Lee regarding aspects of a “written” agreement, signed by Fausto himself? So now he’s exhibiting expert levels of stupidity. Nice…
August 16th, 2013 update. I have received some very disturbing phone calls from other individuals the past few nights regarding other issues of theft and fraud on a much larger level. Respecting their privacy and their legal actions, we will, together, at the appropriate time and with the permission of the associated attorneys, publish all details and facts regarding this latest set of atrocities committed by Fausto Perez Casiraghi against other individuals. Game on motherfucker.
August 17,2013 update – I am now posting all information to Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter. People need to be aware of this lying prick and avoid him like a disease. Side note, yet relevant. I am considering legal action against him for misrepresentation, corporate fraud, and any associative charges I can bring against him for involving me, my family and my home in his Oenosophy scam. I will be contacting every relevant government agency on Monday, from the District Attorney to the NY State Sales Tax Dept, to the IRS, and any Federal and State Offices related to bringing this to a correct resolution. I will be starting with NYS Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC . I will be in touch with Dun & Bradstreet and work diligently to correct this patently incorrect ownership and contact information naming me, my home and my home phone number as the primary contact to his bullshit Oenosophy Imports, Ltd company. I can’t wait for it to be Monday morning. The phones are gonna get lit up! I’ll have every related government agency with his name on their lips by the end of the day. Nice…
By the time I’m done with him, he won’t be able to leave the country, as much as he may wish to do so. I will have him imprisoned, and then bring civil charges up against him.
The difference is, as I told him when I warned him to do the right thing by Lee….you want to piss me off, you want me to make you my mission, you got it.
You use me, my home, my family, my phones for your own scamming bullshit, to steal money from other people, a lot of money, and then believe that nothing is going to happen? Get real. Now I’m your worst fucking nightmare jackwipe. How’s that for balls to the wall clarity?
On top of all of this, in the email below, he threatens me with Harassment and Cyber Bullying. Here’s the definition for the sake of the uninformed jackhole named Fausto Perez Casiraghi –
Cyberbullying typically consists of use of posts, forums, journals and other online means to present a victim in a false and unflattering light.
Of course, the definition is broader as the lawmakers attempt to refine their overall understanding of this type of legal abuse, but the general gist is to paint a false picture of an individual to do harm. I state clearly that I mean to do him harm, legal harm. Tit for tat, asswipe. You do me harm, you do our customers harm, I’m coming after you in a huge way with and by every legal means possible.
But, Gods help me, if any of what I have said or written is false, may I be struck down in a fiery flash of lightning to silence me. I represent and will say under oath that everything I state above and below this sentence is true to the absolute best of my knowledge, with texts, facts, emails, letters, checks, checkbook entries, expense entries, and paperwork to back up everything stated here. As for unflattering, he does that to himself. So, uh, cyberbully your ass to the bathroom and kiss it to the sky, sleazeball.
He also threatened me today, when I confronted him with the facts. What a pissant. He actually says to me, in a text, “I’m being very patient with you Richard I’ll go to your house this week hope you face me like a man…then proceeds to call me a “worthless piece of shit”. Mind you, I wasn’t exactly nice to him either… hehehehehe…..I basically had to tell him directly that any attempt to enter on to my property will be treated as trespassing and that he should be able to figure the rest out.
He’s being patient with me? ?? ??? ???? Seriously? <shaking my head in disbelief> How does he walk around with those big friggin’ balls bangling and jangling? lmao
The worst. He’s involved my family. He’s involved my children! <shaking my head in absolute disbelief> As if you don’t know me, you sonofabitch. My children! They have to answer the phone, my home phone, from angry and upset people that you have stolen from!!! Are you out of your stupid mind? You point people to me, saying that I will guarantee their investment in your bullshit company? <still shaking my head in disbelief> You are honestly this stupid?
Notice, I’m being very clear here. Even at the risk of hurting myself, I cannot care at this point. He lies, he steals, he points it all back at me, then blames me for the problem, then threatens me, then tries to explain his way out of it. All “classic” Fausto. Same pattern, different month. Now he’s scared, and quite frankly, he should be very frightened. The NYC District Attorney is my next call. I will not hide from what I am doing. I know I am being transparent. This is for the benefit of anyone else who is thinking of doing ANY kind of business with Fausto Perez Casiraghi.
This is how stupid this jack off is….he steals, from what I can tell, well over $100K from various individuals (might be more…a lot more), and he’s going down all for a $3800 guitar. Honestly, I would never have looked at any of this if not for this innocent, yet very meaningful phone call from Lee, regarding HIS Lozano Classical Guitar. He involves me (his worst mistake). He then proceeds to say I’m NOT involved (holy crap…this idiot is a joke).
He uses my name, home address and phone number for his scamming bullshit. He involves my children, my wife, my home. I can’t imagine a more stupid approach. Game on is right.
August 19, 2013 Update – More disturbing reports are coming back to me about more people being taken in by this crook. More people have come forward admitting that they were taken by Fausto for 10’s of thousands of dollars each. They are embarrassed to speak out. Not anymore. We are adding to a criminal c0mplaint that will be comprehensive and ready for pursuit, hopefully by the end of the week.
I warned you, Fausto. Now that I am beginning to understand what kind of horrible man you are, nothing will stop me from pursuing every legal avenue to bring you to justice.
He says to me, in a text, dated August 18, 2013 – and I quote – “I stole?? till now I’m don’t need to steal anything in my life. I’ve a brand new guitar I made for the JERK!! Then he change his mind I could take him to court cause he sing a purchase agreement. Instead I try to work things out with him.”
He’s so convincing, this in an attempt to believe his own lies. This is a really bad person. He needs to be taken off the street or sent back to his own country. He doesn’t deserve to live in our country.
Sidenote – It has been discovered that he is selling a violin(s) in Italy under the name Fausto Antonio Casiraghi – see the following link. He’s not even intelligent enough to not use his old company name of Excelsior and Fratelli ??? Idiot. The old website, once clicked through, brings you to his photography site! LMAO
http://www.amati.com/music-shops/violins/for-sale/an-italian-violin-by-fausto-antonio-casiraghi-cuneo-circa-2013.html
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August 21,2013 update – Now I go deadly silent. The worst kind, Fausto. Read and burn. Guess. Think. Where’s this going? What am I doing now? Who have I informed? Whom have I spoken with, regarding you and your thefts from good people, regarding your corporate misrepresentation, of yourself and worse, me? Who has taken vital interest in you?
Guess. Think.
Here’s a hint……
On second thought.
Burn, motherfucker. Burn….
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September 4, 2013 update – It is so terribly quiet, is it not Fausto? So very quiet.
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September 14, 2013 update – I am hearing tell that he is taking violins from luthiers around the world (I am aware of 2 of them so far) and not paying for them, giving them his typical runaround bullshit story (stories). People from all over are getting in touch with me about his scheming, lying, stealing, bullshit behavior.
I’ve also heard that he is buying classical guitars from China and selling them with his own label as if he built them for an incredible premium. If any of this is true, what an incredible piece of worthless shit.
I’m coming for you, prick. Stone cold, asswipe.
There are more updates down below…he will not cease and desist.
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Personal Sidenote:
It all sounds very personal. It is…
Even at the expense of my business. My site and my business are very public. I am using it to bring this man to justice. I cannot care about any consequence to me or my business. If anyone out there does not understand the horror of what this terrible man has done to good people, hurting them, stealing from them, their money and their sanity, while having zero remorse for his actions, while continuing to pursue an unlawful and felonious life, then I don’t want to do business with them. He’s going down, no matter the personal cost to me. I’ll be silent when he’s made accountable for his actions.
Here’s a thought that’s been hitting at me for the last few days, that I simply had to add to this debacle. You have to read the email below along with this thought to get the depths of how truly twisted he is within the confines of his own mind and the borderline sociopathic behavior he exhibits towards others and their possessions.
In a recent text conversation with him, where I warn him again that he needs to do the right thing by Lee, he twists it in such a way that he lays responsibility for stealing from me and Lee (actually he steals from Lee and then blames me, pointing Lee back to me for the money and the guitar), in Lee’ s lap. In his fucked up world, Lee was supposed to buy a guitar from him, but didn’t, so this allows Fausto to simply steal his money? Now, I don’t know if Lee was supposed to buy a guitar. In the end, does it matter? Of course not. People back out of deals all the time.
In bringing this up to him, he says this to me, and I quote and retype the text verbatim: “Then he (Lee) re appears with a change of mind he don’t want guitar but money instead!! And you instead of support me just make of all this what you are an expert a major turmoil ! (this is dated August 18, 2013 at 12:02PM)
So, let’s get this straight. He takes the guitar from Lee. He says he will fix it. He does an okay job, not great. Lee pays him for the fix. Lee asks Fausto to sell the guitar for him. Lee may or may not agree to buy a classical guitar from Fausto (good luck getting that). Fausto tells Lee that he will send the guitar to me to sell. Note that I know nothing of this so far.
Fausto tells me (pay attention now) that the guitar is his to do with as he pleases. He consigns it with me. After a couple of months, in June of 2012, Fausto says that he needs the money for the guitar. I agree to purchase it from him for $3800 (a more than fair price). He takes and keeps the money, never giving a dime to Lee or telling him what has transpired. Intent to defraud is now confirmed. Lee asks Fausto about the guitar in January of 2013. He is told that I have the guitar and he should contact me? Lee calls me. We quickly figure out that Fausto has stolen Lee’s guitar and or money. Move forward to August of 2013. Fausto tells me that I do not support him in stealing from Lee….
Did you catch that? I didn’t support him in his theft. LOL Even better, blame me for having the guitar, but then don’t support me against Lee. Holy shit. You can NOT make this up. He then, and again, I can’t make this up, calls me a “worthless piece of shit”. Let me understand. I don’t support your theft, which you try to pin blame on me, and I’m the piece of shit? Seriously? LMFAO … it’s actually making me laugh fairly hard while I write this down. It’s almost comical. Almost. But see, here’s the rub; that’s when I get quiet. When I go quiet, there’s real danger present.
Fausto is the kind of person that is too stupid to realize that there are people out there who will make him accountable. People who are not afraid to go after the bad guy and do the right thing. People who smile at the thought of putting the bad guy behind bars. I like those people. Quite a bit.
Twisted. <shaking my head in disgust and disbelief at the sheer audacity and stupidity of this moron> It was troubling me this morning. I had write it down and share. email below…enjoy, it actually has some humor in there somewhere.
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I’ve said it many times. It bears repeating. Avoid him. Always go in the opposite direction of him. Call the police if he persists. Do whatever it takes to stay as far away from him as possible. He means to do you harm. He means to steal from you. He has ulterior motives. There is always an agenda where he is concerned. He means to get inside your head and fuck with you. The moment money, possessions, business, an opportunity of his comes up, or his phone bill, a credit card, the conversation turns towards money in some way, or any bullshit that he needs comes up (because, in the end, it’s always about him)….ding ding ding….warning warning, danger danger. I can’t say it any clearer than this.
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email between Lee and Fausto, dated July 2, 2013, regarding the Casimiro Lozano Classical guitar (Spruce/Brazilian RW…really nice by the way) owned by Lee, sold by Fausto as his own, who kept the money for himself, and keeping Lee, his customer, at bay for almost 2 years, by this point.
Fausto: I feel very upset at the turns this ordeal takes,
L: you’re upset? What about 2 years that you owe me money?
Fausto: specially after I took your word and signature to an agreement on which we agreed to solve this between ourselves and not involves third parties!
L: have the agreement. Nothing in there about third parties. (say hooray, I’m finally a third party…is that a good thing?)
Fausto: I give you a much better guitar in consignment (here Fausto speaks of a guitar that was worth about $3K, vs. Lee’s Lozano, which was worth at least $6-7.5K. Apparently, Fausto can paint anything any color he wishes to suit his needs) as a collateral for your previous one and later; even agreed on your new terms, in case I fail to come with the money upon the dateline;
L: I never wanted the cracked guitar. Agreement says that you owe me $3800 and that guitar was collateral.
Fausto: I will authorize you the right of ownership of the instrument, then, you not only try to involves Richard again, but also try to scheme a very nasty action,
L: Richard is acting on his own in writing on his experiences with you. It’s his right to share his perspective (you’re gotdam right it’s my right…but do you like how in Fausto’s stupidity of mental train of thought, I’m NOT involved? Serious. No, he didn’t fraudulently represent himself as the owner of a guitar. Nope, he didn’t keep the cash that I paid by check to him for the guitar? Nope, I didn’t have to take a phone call from a confused and upset client of HIS, asking for his guitar. As far as I can tell, uh uh, I’m not involved at all, right? hehehe, rhetorical sarcasm. What a moron). I’m grateful for the help he’s offering me in getting out of a bad deal with you.
Fausto: which I was already bring it to the authorities, “Harassment” and “Cyber Bullying” is a felony, a crime heavy punished by law in New York State, maybe your mentor (apparently, I’m Lee’s mentor…idiot) in this case is not aware due to the heavy consumption of drugs he’s accustom to use and reason why I don’t wasted my time replying him, he have not rights into this action (here it is again, I have no rights in this action, but hey,, at least I have heavy consumption of drugs going for me) and he is limited to the purchasing and the sale of the instrument at that time period. (This is great, Fausto Perez, attorney at law…I’m going to sic the NYS Sales Tax Authority on him just to teach his sorry, sleazy ass a lesson…hehehe I actually have his EIN and gods help me, I’m a gonna use it…LOL).
L: It’s also a felony to sell someone else’s property (my guitar), keep the money, and say nothing. It’s called fraud.
Fausto: I also want to remind you that at the time that instrument went for sale; You was supposed to buy an instrument from me, (the ultimate turnaround by Fausto the Sleazy…it’s your fault I stole from you. You didn’t buy a guitar from me, so I kept your guitar and sold it to Rich and kept the money for myself. Nyah).
L: You know that’s not true. Let’s be real Fausto. (now Lee, you’ve gone too far…this is clearly asking too much)
Fausto: that was the main reason why I involve myself in this, an also I’ve done an extra work at not cost including refinishing the varnish, re-conditioning the frets, replacing the fingerboard and re-setting the action which you remember was why you brought the instrument to me in first instance cause the neck of the guitar was severely warped, (look at how he justifies himself to the customer and possibly even to himself…the worst kind of liar….if he says it enough times, it becomes true to himself in his own special fantasy land).
L: You were paid for the work. I have records. (but Lee, don’t you understand, it’s not enough to pay for the work….you have to PAY….really, people, is this not enough already?)
Fausto: I till now haven’t mention this, but if I brought the guitar in the condition in which you leave it at my place the sale never will happen. At this point I still have not money to repay you back which I will love to in the first instance, but right now I’m going to a heavy hardship, (and there it is….you were waiting for it…the wait is over....now the sob story begins…I’m in a hardship, I have a no money, I can’t a pay a my rent, my back a hurts, I need a medication, I have a no food, a goddammit, leave me alone, stop the harassing of me. Etc……….get it? got it? Good….gods, what an asshole).
L: You are in hardship, so you put me through hardship instead.
and blah blah blah from Fausto the con artist. Please note that all comments in italics are mine and mine alone and that I appropriate all copylefts, and that they are my own thoughts, comedic or sadly lacking in comedy thereof, and that no one else has to bear any burden of speaking these words, or their consequence heretofore whereverIsayIwanttosayitwhenIsaidit. In other words, I’m solely responsible for the words in italics. By the way, if you haven’t gotten the gist of this post, Fausto Perez Casiraghi is a crook. How’s that for straight talk?
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April 25, 2014 Update – Fausto was arrested on Easter Day, April 20, 2014 – among the charges was theft. The short of it is that he attempted to steal 2 small paintings from an auction house in Manhattan. (there is a lot more to the story, including the neighboring flea market, where he attempted to immediately hawk his stolen goods, to people with whom he already owed money (can’t make this stuff up), highlighting his massive stupidity, his greed and his stupidity…oh, I said that already, right? :-). He has a mandated court appearance in (I believe) late May 2014. So, this from the man who says, I don’t a steal from a nobody. (yeah, I’m making fun of him….mainly because he is NOT Italian). His legal name is Fausto Perez – the last name, Casiraghi, is a construct, in a lame attempt to align himself and his bullshit family name to a wealthy European family. His father’s last name is Perez. He is Dominican. He is also an illegal alien. He is in the United States illegally.
Check out this tidbit from the logbook of Fausto Perez? hehehe…he is now a diamond dealer, out of the NY Diamond District, with a closet sized office in the district. He claims to be of Jewish faith, very religious, very observant, wearing the appropriate head gear and all? His latest scam, which only serves to display the absolute disrespect and depravity of the individual, who will DO anything to get over on other people.
A very observant lady, with whom Fausto did some business, caught on to him quick, and set him up for the arrest. This husband and wife team have my thanks and my respect. I will withhold their names until I have more information and their permission.
I will further reiterate. This scumbag needs to be outted. He needs to be avoided. Call the police the moment you see him. Do NOT give him anything. Information, personal or otherwise. Do NOT invite him to your home or your business. Do not engage him at all. You see him…call the POLICE. He is (or will be ) wanted by the authorities. Whether the DA’s office, whether warrants for his arrest, whether the INS or any agency of US Immigration, it doesn’t matter. He needs to be locked up and put away. AVOID him at all costs.
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January 18, 2016 – He continues to be a simple, hostile, ill-informed liar and thief. New posts, messages from other people, emails, phone calls, etc. keep coming into me. He persists in his thieving ways, simply because he knows nothing else.
Last month, a Notice came to me from the NY State Tax Authority, demanding payment on yearly taxes, franchise taxes, etc for Oenosophy Imports, Fausto’s bullshit nonsensical company that generates nothing but the bullshit he spouts. The bill came in for over $1500, to which they are adding penalties and interest. I kindly and professionally advised him of the notice. He proceeded to insult me, provoke me, insult me again, and so on. Hmmm, what to do? So, while we are texting back and forth, to which I kept it very professional, I was on the phone with the NYS Tax Authority. They took my address off their list for Oenosophy Imports (which I had asked Fausto to do over 2 years ago), then asked for their advice on the matter. They advised filing a Fraud Report on the individual in question, and a few other procedural filings, which I was happy to do, all while texting with SpongeBob Asshole Pants. I then decided to go further and file another report with INS, as I’m certain he is here in the USA illegally. Keep poking the bear, moron. Keep poking. Our system must be broken. A small-time lying thief is allowed to be on our streets, one who continually hurts people emotionally and financially. Proof enough the system is not efficient. <shaking of the head> He needs to be deported or incarcerated.
January 2018 – I am now informed by a nice lady that he is telling people that he is a doctor – a heart surgeon or something to that effect. Wow! I don’t know how he walks around with those big ass jangling testocoles (yes, I spelled it wrong, but it’s funnier).
February 2019 – someone anonymous sent me 2 copies of Fausto’s drivers license from the Dominican Republic – born or named Fausto Antonio Perez Cruz born on February 18, 1979 – don’t listen to his Italian bullshit. He’s Dominican. What a ridiculous lying sack of shit this guy is and remains.
Sidenote – I see that a search of his name on the web hits this page first! Sweet. Everyone needs to be aware of him and his scam. I say this sincerely….I only wish that no other person is hurt by this terrible excuse for a human being.
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