A former retail worker who tried and failed to blackmail the Romeo family has been forced into bankruptcy by the man he roped in to the scheme with promises of repaying a $320,000 debt.
Christopher Garuccio was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to scam more than a million dollars from the prominent family, which owns a chain of Romeo’s Foodland supermarkets and food halls across Adelaide and Sydney.
However, his woes have only intensified after Adrian Malusa, who was owed a substantial sum by Garuccio and became involved after being convinced he would receive some of the money back, successfully sued him in the Federal Court.
Orders made before a registrar of the court last month show that Garuccio’s estate ha…
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