DC Building permit records show that James Alefantis performed upgrades to a property in DC that he does not own.
http://google.dc.gov/search?q=cache:ykTYvwc6seMJ:dcra.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcra/publication/attachments/Building_Permit_Issued_2015_1001_2015_1031.pdf+James+Alefantis&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=dc_v2&proxystylesheet=dc_v2&site=&access=p&oe=UTF-8
Two things were done
Replacement in kind of interior wall coverings. Replacement in kind, when applied to
architectural features, means replacement with a feature of like material that replicates the
existing feature in proportion, appearance, texture, design, detail and dimensions
Replacement in kind of up to 5 fire windows. Replacement in kind, when applied to
architectural features, means replacement with a feature of like material that replicates the
existing feature in proportion, appearance, texture, design, detail and dimensions.
Did he hide something in the walls? Soundproof the windows?
Stranger yet, he does not own the property
https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Detail.jsp?ssl=2833%20%20%20%200099
The owner is Boris Rochilin, who ever that is.
Some of the records that a company called CASTELLUM ACHILLES asked for permits.
http://otr.cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcra/publication/attachments/201501Building_Permit_Issued_Jan_2015.pdf
When you look for this company you find information about a company called CHRISTOPHER ACHILLES LLC .
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_2878514
Owned by JAMES ALEFANTIS, ! His lawyer, ROBERT A. HARRIS IV has opened many LLC with Alefantis.
The house don't look like a place a rich, well connected person like James Alefantis would live:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3518-11th-St-NW-Washington-DC-20010/472684_zpid/
Why would James Alefantis (a chef and restaurateur) use an LLC to do home renovations on a house he doesn't even own?
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senpaithatignoresyou ago
How old where the walls and windows? where they up to code? was the place run down?
You can't jump to conclusions. That is not what Sherlock Holms does, that is not what investigators do, that is not what analysts do.
You may be missing something very important when you jump to conclusions.
So lets ask the important questions: Why did he buy this property, why did he renovate it, what did he do with it, and how much money did he make with it?
Flipping property may be a great way to launder money. We have to see if the amounts make sense.
the only legal answer: to make money. As such we should be able to find other jobs, licensing, and other berucratic nonsense. I have a suspicion that this guy has a lot of businesses....
SIMONBARROW ago
There's no evidence that the business concerned here has done work anywhere else.