Teresa Giudice’s Husband Luis Ruelas Accused of Defrauding MILLIONS from Various Companies!
Teresa Giudice’s Husband Luis Ruelas Accused of Defrauding MILLIONS from Various Companies!
Teresa Giudice’s husband, Luis Ruelas, has been named in a scheme that allegedly defrauded millions from multiple companies.
Luis Ruelas, along with Marcello Genovese, CEO of Vinivia, is currently facing accusations of financial misconduct involving substantial sums owed to employees, companies, vendors, and agencies, despite reports of depleted business accounts. Vinivia, headquartered in Switzerland, specializes in assisting content creators in monetizing their work through live streaming.
Luis Ruelas and Vinivia CEO Accused of Fraud, Owes Millions To Companies
Despite Luis Ruelas’s denial of any connection to Marcello Genovese, insider information suggests they shared office space in Los Angeles. Moreover, a telling Instagram reel shows Luis endorsing Vinivia, suggesting a deeper involvement between the two. Recently, reports surfaced indicating that Luis leveraged his mansion to secure a $1 million loan.
Luis Ruelas Shady Business Practices
According to Hollywood Unlocked, Genovese allegedly instructed Vinivia employees to treat Luis as an investor. This directive included issuing a $300,000 check to a fictitious entity called Influencer Nation, as well as an additional $100,000 allocated for personal use by Ruelas and his sons. It was later discovered that Influencer Nation did not exist and had no genuine investors associated with it.
Luis Ruelas Owes Millions
Marcello Genovese faces allegations of orchestrating a fraudulent $6 million deal involving the D’Amelio family, which ultimately collapsed amid public outcry. Sources indicate that Genovese sought loans from U.S. banks due to a lack of available funds for upfront payments to vendors, opting not to use personal finances. This financial strain has reportedly led to unpaid debts to Swiss vendors and contractors, along with frequent missed payroll deadlines resulting in the termination of employee health insurance coverage.
Additionally, it has been revealed that Vinivia falsely claimed expansion through a platform called Vidpresso, which was actually founded by Randall Bennett and has no affiliation with Vinivia.
Following a series of financial crises, Vinivia terminated all but one of its employees amidst mounting debts totaling $1.5 million owed to multiple companies by May. Sources close to the situation disclosed accusations against Marcello Genovese, including the fabrication of emails purportedly from Vinivia to secure $60 million illicitly from another company. Additionally, Genovese is alleged to owe more than $335,000 to another business, with bounced payments linked to fraudulent wire transfers and credit card transactions.
Both Genovese and Luis Ruelas have refrained from issuing statements amid these serious allegations. Furthermore, Vinivia has disabled comments on its social media platforms.
Back in February 2024, Luis Ruelas and private investigator, Bo Dietl, found themselves embroiled in a legal battle over allegations of computer hacking aimed at “harassment and abuse” directed at Vanessa Reiser, a former fiancée of a star from Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Court documents revealed that Luis and Bo Dietl prominently linked during Season 13 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, along with a team of attorneys, are facing a lawsuit filed by New York-based lawyers. The lawsuit claims that the duo unlawfully accessed sensitive information within the legal system to unearth damaging information about one of the reality TV star’s past partners, who remains unnamed in the legal proceedings.
Plaintiff Kevin Johnson, speaking to the Daily Beast, confirmed that the individual in question was Vanessa Reiser. The lawsuit accuses Luis, Bo Dietl, and their legal representatives of acting “with criminal, reckless, malicious, fraudulent intent devised to defraud” the plaintiffs. Allegedly, they sought to conceal their own activities by utilizing attorney-client privilege and private investigation resources to hire investigators who illegally obtained personal details about Vanessa Reiser.
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