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letsdothis2 ago

Next up from the above court case: George Wuagneux

Appellants Wuagneux and Ostrer likewise conspired to promote the kickback scheme by taking advantage of the other appellants' positions of influence within the Union organization.

https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9249236&privcapId=981581&previousCapId=981581&previousTitle=Absolutesky%252520Inc.

Mr. George Wuagneux has been Chairman of the Board at Biltmore Vacation Resorts, Inc. since February 28, 1998 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since February 28, 1998.

Chairman, AbsoluteSKY, Inc.

Edward Wuagneux (brother?) https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9249254&privcapId=981581

Mr. Edward Wuagneux has been Biltmore Vacation Resorts, Inc.'s Secretary and Director since January 29, 1999. Mr. Wuagneux served as a Treasurer of Biltmore Vacation Resorts, Inc. from January 29, 1999 to December 15, 1999. Mr. Wuagneux with over 26 years of experience as a licensed general contractor. He is also President of Sage, a subsidiary of Biltmore Vacation Resorts, Inc. , which functions as the builder of its Real Estate Projects. He has built condominiums, multi-family projects, retirement villages, golf courses, single family developments, office buildings, shopping centers and nursing homes. His duties also include interfacing with zoning boards, commissioners, and other government officials in the construction industry.

2010 article : Dolphin Tower builder had ties to reputed mobsters

Eight years after completing Dolphin Tower, its builder, George Wuagneux, went to prison for racketeering and a host of other federal crimes.

Formally, at least, the Sage Corp. chief executive was found guilty with 15 others of embezzling at least $2 million from the Laborers International Union of North America.

But the charges against Wuagneux -- including two counts of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- likely also stemmed from his ties to reputed Tampa organized crime boss Santo Trafficante Jr. and Anthony “Big Tuna” Accardo -- once Al Capone’s bodyguard and the alleged leader of Chicago’s mafia.

Both men were indicted with Wuagneux, though Accardo was acquitted and Trafficante was never tried because of ill health.

Then and now, Wuagneux stuck out from a group that included union leaders and alleged mobsters from Chicago, New York, Miami and Fort Lauderdale....

....In 1983, in Arizona, Wuagneux was convicted of trafficking in stolen property and tampering with public records, state records show. There, he was sentenced to more than four years in prison, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Wuagneux was released from the Arizona sentence in December 1988, department records show. It is unclear if the state and federal sentences were served concurrently.

A decade after his release, Wuagneux re-invented himself, in Las Vegas, and began building.

He formed Biltmore Vacation Resorts Inc., a timeshare company, in 1998. At the same time, he acquired a design firm and a publicly held shell corporation called Cyber Information Inc.

He also folded in Sage Design Builders Inc., a contractor led by his brother, Ed. Attempts to reach Ed Wuagneux, now 74, were unsuccessful. Cyber, traded over the counter, gave Wuagneux a platform to raise capital. He owned nearly two-thirds of Biltmore’s stock.

Though Biltmore lost money -- it had “incurred significant losses” with an accumulated deficit of more than $1.9 million, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing in July 2000 shows -- it had vast ambition.

It planned to develop a pair of timeshare projects -- the 264-unit Biltmore Vacation Village on 20 acres in Bullhead City, Ariz., and St. Tropez Vacation Resort, in Las Vegas -- at a cost of $203 million.It could not be determined whether either project reached fruition. Biltmore’s telephone number has been disconnected, and numbers for each of the resorts go unanswered.

St. Tropez, across from the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel & Casino, is in the process of being converted to the Rumor resort, after being acquired by Siegel Group Properties.

Wuagneux died in February 2002, at age 68, in Broward County, records show. By then, his convictions and organized crime associations were long behind him.

Biltmore Trading Resorts Inc : 2110 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119 - is in Paradise, Nevada.

Paddock connections?

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