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Bankruptcy

Apr. 7, 2000

Trustee Probes Irvine Firm for Missing Millions

A bankruptcy trustee's attorneys continue to search for an estimated $35 million that investors pumped into an Irvine company now suspected to be a 'Ponzi' scheme.

By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        COSTA MESA - It's possible that Lee and Deborah Love will never see their $164,000 investment again. Their son, Duval, a former player for the then-Los Angeles Rams, had encouraged them to make an investment in DFJ Italia last year, after becoming a part-time account executive for the firm.
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