Complaint Review: Larry Biegler - Paradise California

 My name is Linda and I am the owner of 44 bags of Raw Star Rubies and Sapphires. The stones were purchased by my late husband Robert from Mr. H. Ray Baker in 1986.  The stones originated from Sierra Leone, West Africa.  After my husbands death the stones where passed on to me and remained in the Dainty Family as a family asset. 

In 2004 I went into an agreement with a Jason Schemer who was trying to sell my stones. He engaged in conversations with a Abdul Anani to purchase the stones. In the intern of all this the Prosecutor of Portland Oregon contacted me. They requested all paperwork reflecting my ownership of the stones and the SKR for the depository which was in New Orleans.  They further did an investigation on Mr. Schmeer and prosecuted him for fraud. Mr. Schemer is currently in prison.. He apparently received money against my stones. Mr Anani contacted me directly and I  I later met him at the Security Center in Louisiana where the stones where. Mr Anani still wanted to purchase the stones and assured me my protection in not losing control of my stones. We created a LLC with both our names on it the LLC was called Namasta  Investments and  registered in the State of Washington on Sept 27, 2004

We worked together on the sale of my stones for about 4 years. It was when Katrina hit Louisiana, he suggested to move the stones to NY. He claimed the insurance would not cover the stones in LA.  I gave him permission to relocate the stones. From that point forth, he did not communicate to me what was happening. He moved the stones from NY to Maryland and from the state of Maryland to somewhere in Chicago, and then back to Sarasota Florida.

I found out their location when the got to Sarasota Florida,. I received a call from a woman who said they needed to verify my ownership because they were in the middle of selling the stones, and the buyer needed me to sign off on the stones. That was in Dec. 2008.

I then sent Anani a Cease and Desist regarding my stones. I then terminated the LLC, Namasta, in the State of Washington. Anani continued trying to get access to my stones. 
Larry Biegler: 
In May 2009 I engaged in a contract with Larry Biegler through another individual. The other individual and his partner under instruction by Larry Biegler transported my stones via UPS from the Sarasota Vault to the Orland Security Center in California. In our agreement together a payments were suppose to start being made to me by Sept 2009, no funds were given to me and no response to where my stones where at.

In the end of Sept 2009 I filed criminal and fraud charges against Larry Beigler in my home city of Tulsa, OK.

I then took a trip to see if I could locate Larry Beigler in his home town of Paradise CA. I then went to Orland CA and tried to locate the Security Center.( B & B Depository). I did not find any location with this address on it. I went to the City Hall, and the employees there informed me there were no such address and no such business in the city of Orland, CA. 

I then went back to Paradise and went to the Police Department and filed charges. When  I returned back home to Tulsa, Oklahoma,  I received a letter from the Paradise, PD stating they sent it to Tulsa Crime Dept. The had sent a letter attached that was written by Beigler stating he had a shared percentage stake in the stones with his other partners. 

A Sgt. Steven Rowe at the Paradise County Police Dept was assigned to the case.   The Police Department took action and went to Beigler's home and the  B & B Depository and confiscated stones from his home. The took his computer and other documents as evidence and  pertaining to my stones.  The Police Dept later learned that Beigler was working with Anani the whole time.

In January 2011 I received a another call from a the same woman who called me the first time and told me she received a contract for my stones with Abdul Anani as the seller owner and Larry Biegler as the owner of the vault where the stones where at.

She helped me go to the Paradise Police Department in May 2011 and get back what the PD dept was holding which was five 5 gallon full buckets sealed.  We had them moved from Paradise PD back to Sarasota where they are now. There are 39 Buckets of stones missing.

It is my knowledge through different sources that they are still trying to sell them in either bags or buckets and there are several different appraisals done some appraisals are out of the country along with other appraisals done by some gemologists in Florida.

If you come across any amounts of stones that has any of these names on it or the situation doesn't look right you can contact the Tulsa Police Department they will advise you of the legal ramifications involved in your purchase of these stolen goods.

Linda
Tusla Oklahoma