, when Tucker told Ricky Dugo she had talked to numerous people who reported being scammed by him, he responded,"It's a lie."– instead choosing four separate bench trials, one trial for each victim."He's a complete fake," Donovan said of Dugo last year."He's a phony. He's a scammer."
And there were numerous scams. Dugo convinced Donovan to invest in big money-making ventures - to sell cars, appliances. But the scheme that made Donovan wipe out his 401 and drain his children's college fund was a chance to build a car wash - not just any car wash, but a car wash in the Trump Tower parking garage.It was anything but great, with total losses amounting to $769,000.The crimes in the cases against Dugo date to 2013. The charges connected to the three other victims involve selling electronics, Rolex watches, furniture, motorcycles, and bad bank loans.
"I know what you gave me. You know what you gave me. It's yours. I'm giving it back to you," Dugo was heard telling him."When I say ASAP, ASAP is in a month.""I want him to do a lot of time for this," Donovan said. Dugo is back in court next month. If he doesn't come up with all the restitution money by then, prosecutors indicated the deal is off the table.Dorothy Tucker is a Chicago native, raised in Chicago's Lawndale and Austin communities. She has been a reporter for CBS2 Chicago since 1984. She is a reporter on the station's 2 Investigator team and is also president of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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