Identity Theft: Scott J. Wolas Accused of a Fraudulent Real Estate Investment Scheme

<h2>Fugitive Sought in &dollar;1&period;5 Million Quincy Real Estate Scheme Arrested in Florida<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>BOSTON – A man accused of a fraudulent &dollar;1&period;5 million real estate investment scheme in Quincy&comma; Mass&period;&comma; and who had been a fugitive for 20 years in connection with an unrelated New York grand theft and larceny indictment&comma; was arrested today in Delray Beach&comma; Fla&period;&comma; on federal charges in connection with the Quincy scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mh-content-ad"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;"&NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1081854981"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Scott J&period; Wolas&comma; 67&comma; who&comma; according to court documents&comma; also used the names Eugene J&period; Grathwohl&comma; Allen L&period; Hengst&comma; Drew Prescott&comma; Frank Amolsch&comma; Endicott Asquith&comma; and Cameron Sturge&comma; was charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with the proposed development of the former Beachcomber Bar property and the adjoining lot in Quincy&period; He appeared in the U&period;S&period; District Court in the Southern District of Florida &lpar;West Palm Beach Division&rpar; at 10&colon;00 a&period;m&period; on Friday&comma; April 7&comma; 2017&comma; for his initial appearance&period; Wolas is expected to return to Massachusetts at a later date to appear in federal court in Boston&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to court documents&comma; from at least 2009 through 2016&comma; Wolas&comma; using the name Eugene Grathwohl&comma; operated a real estate business known as Increasing Fortune&comma; Inc&period; and worked as a licensed real estate agent for Century 21 in Quincy&period; From 2014 through 2016&comma; he solicited investments for the development of the Beachcomber Bar property located at 797 Quincy Shore Drive and for the construction of a single-family home on the adjacent property&period; He collected more than &dollar;1&period;5 million from at least 19 investors and promised each of them a significant return on their investments&period; He allegedly promised to pay out at least 125&percnt; of the profits related to the single-family home construction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wolas was scheduled to close on the Beachcomber property on Sept&period; 15&comma; 2016&period; A week before&comma; however&comma; he left Quincy and ceased all contact with his then-girlfriend&comma; his co-workers&comma; and his investors&period; Law enforcement then discovered that Grathwohl was actually Wolas&comma; a former lawyer who had been a fugitive since 1997 after being charged with fraud and grand larceny in New York&period; The real Eugene Grathwohl resides in Florida and is a friend of Wolas’ ex-wife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court documents also indicate that the bank account into which Wolas deposited investor funds has been drained&comma; and that Wolas used the money mostly for his personal expenses unrelated to development of the real estate projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charge of wire fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison&comma; three years of supervised release and a fine of up to &dollar;250&comma;000 or twice the gross gain or loss&period; Aggravated identity theft carries a minimum term of two years’ imprisonment&comma; which must be served consecutively to any term for the wire fraud&comma; one year of supervised release and a fine of up to &dollar;250&comma;000&period; Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties&period; Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the US sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Acting United States Attorney William D&period; Weinreb&semi; Harold H&period; Shaw&comma; Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation&comma; Boston Field Division&semi; and Joel P&period; Garland&comma; Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston&comma; made the announcement today&period; Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Sandra S&period; Bower of Weinreb’s Economic Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-ma&sol;pr&sol;fugitive-sought-15-million-quincy-real-estate-scheme-arrested-florida">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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