Comments on: Colasuonno Ponzi Scheme Victim Shares Her Story

By: Monrovia people must be stupid

Monrovia people must be stupid — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:48:06 +0000

Robert, seriously! Two sides to every story, like the two sides you and your partner enjoy exploring. I was shown the documents Marc was peddling on the elderly. He claimed he was a financial advisor, he has no license, he has no real estate or mortgage license, he’s not even a licensed accountant. So whoever trusted him hundreds of thousands of dollars was silly because he had no credentials. He lied about the investments he was making, it was theft plan and simple that’s why he plead no contest Robert. As far as Ms. Baker, she’s a realtor, which means she’s stupid too, getting paid to pick-up the phone and drive people to a house for sale doesn’t get you a degree last I checked or require any intelligence.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:23:30 +0000

I know Mark, and sooner or later this was going to happen to him. Robert apparently missed the part about the FORGED deed of trust.

By: ?????

????? — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:04:43 +0000

I have to agree with Robert. The above mentioned article depicts someone that is obviously smart if involved if being an agent in buying and selling property. Why allow someone that does taxes and not an investment broker to invest with? Looking for a sweater deal then an average person can find? Take some responsibility for your own actions.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:36:12 +0000

Really? Newspapers are free…??? NOTHING is free. ADVERTISEMENTS pay for staff and writers and publishing costs. It aint free. Again another mis-representation. Just like internet sights have ads they sell to people/companies based on how many hits a site gets– a “free newspaper” gets money from ads from people/businesses based on circulation. If you dramatize a story to sound really bad and don’t give an opposing view point or a “what if…” that makes it that much more scandal to pass on to the people. Everyone knows that DIRTY LAUNDRY sells in the United States.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:31:07 +0000

Seek if you want. I would not pass this on to anyone. I know Mark and I still cannot fathom this all being the truth the way it is being presented.

By: David Miller

David Miller — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:28 +0000

What prison did Mark go to?

By: An Old friend

An Old friend — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:35:57 +0000

Again, it wasn’t an investment gone bad. It was an investor gone bad. That is why he is in jail, he commited a crime. You are not understanding the story. The paper is not reporting mis information.

By: Monrovia Weekly

Monrovia Weekly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:56:40 +0000

Our newspapers are now, and always have been, free

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:43:54 +0000

I have no idea if Mark is guilty or not. He very well could be. My point is that the media plays on these stories terms it >Mini Madoff” because it sells newspapers. The people investing money could very well have claims on the other hand because Mark was never able to tell “his side of the story” I am just making a statement that there always TWO SIDES to every story. If you know how the news-media works then you know that selling one-sided stories and “blowing them up” yo be bigger than reality really helps to sell newspapers an d get people watching TV and listening to radio shows. The truth is usually inconsequential and takes a backseat to the real truth.

I know of a young lady you was in a tragic traffic accident in which a motor-cycle officer was killed. The television news and newspapers both presented half truths and basically presented this young lady as a reckless driver who was at fault. There never was retraction when the facts of the accident came out that it was an ACCIDENT and not reckless driving or some sort fault of the young lady driving. The news reports DEVESTATED the young lady who had a very difficult time with the fact that someone was killed and she was being held responsible when she should not have. Did the news (channels 2 and 9) retract their “reckless driving” charge…absolutely not. Did the papers ever say anything about th eyoung lady being totally released of any wrongdoing or responsibility? NO.

Trusting your money to another person is NEVER smart advice. When you do trust your money to another person there is ALWAYS risk involved…always…even to the most honest of people. If the Tax Doctor has agreed to pay back people he has wronge dthen that speaks to me too, but just people an investment went bad does not mean there was a crime committed.

By: An Old friend

An Old friend — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:42:14 +0000

You don’t know or understand the whole story. They money was most likely never given to Diaz, it was kept by Colasuonno, that is why Baker is upset and one of the reasons Mark is in jail.