Owners of a luxury steakhouse of Agoikagos, who are opening a mail in a Midtown tower that is partially owned by Donald Trump is allegedly using federal funds intended to pay employee wages during Covid for personal expenses – including $ 2 million in Learjet, according to a bomb.
Maple Hospitality Group, owners behind Maple & Ash, were accused of “fraud” by interceiving $ 7.6 million in the funds of the small business payments program, according to the civil lawsuit brought by investors to the CoOK District Court of Chicagos.
Investors included Dylan Bates, former -ceo of the Nationwide Clinical Chain, physical therapy; Entrepreneurial Capital Capital Firm Chicago Knight Life; and Christopher Cowan, owner of the organic eating chain of Aroikagos Kanla Club Club.
“The restaurants never got a dollar of these funds,” according to the success, which was taken from the post.
According to the complex issue, the alleged abuse was part of a wider fiscal writing model by Maple & Ash James Lasky co -owner and companies controlled by him.
Although the lawsuit refers only to “private aircraft expenses”, Chicago Sun-Time and Radio Station WBEZ tracked the payment for costly lectures in 2021 to “a company whose president is James Lasky”.
The owners have denied the allegations in the complaint, which was first presented to three years, but received little media attention outside the wind town.
As reported in February, Maple Group hospitality signed a lease for 12,000 square meters in 1290 Ave. Sixth., Which is one owned by the majority by Vorning Realty Trust but where the Trump organization has a 30% passive shares. Trump’s position revolves to more than $ 60 million in annual rental revenue.
Maple & Ash, which opened its Flag Steakhouse in Agoikago in 2015, is the country’s fourth fierce restaurant with more than $ 35 million income per year.
But there seems to be just as very clumsy in the Agoikagos court as on its decorated tiles.
Investors who helped collect $ 3 million each to open Maple & Ash in Agoikago and Scottsdale, Ariz, also claim that the company wrote used profits to fund other brands of owners restaurants in other cities, according to the complaint.
James Lasky and his partners allegedly retaliated against the investors for Philing success by distributing their interests to the company, according to a changed appearance.
James Lasky has been sanctioned by the judge in this case for not respecting the court orders to return the bank data and other information. He was ordered to cover the plaintiffs’ legal tariffs of $ 191,000 coming from information holding, court records show.
Investor lawyer Michael Ford of Forde & O’mera said he hoped the case would finally go to court early next year.
James Lasky’s lawyer, James Stamos of Stamos & Trucco, did not respond immediately to an email and call.
The hospitality group launched another Steakhouse in Miami in March. Haut Living Magazine said the restaurant «brings [the brand’s] Mixing the signature of refined meals, unforgettable energy and indulgent luxury in the magic city. “
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