The enclosed information is from the records of Saratoga County Clerk's office and are public record. Of course. these represent only those who have chosen or could afford to take Michael and/or Magdalena Prisco to court. The stories of many of these people would possibly add to the case against them, especially the intimidation, which is one ofMichael's strong points with his victim's.
Michael loves to have a hold on victims and keep them dangling.
He has a strange picture
ofhimselfbeing the one in charge and able to manipulate them by making them fear. He is to be feared because he poses a threat if he gets cornered
or upset with anyone but he may not be the one who handles
his retaliation. He has 'friends
and associates' who could do his dirty work so no one has proof against
him. He daims he has family who are Mafia
down in the NYC area.
Both Michael
(Mike) and Magdalena
(Maggie) flaunt their supposed wealth
to people, appearing
to be so generous, when in fact the records
show that their 'wealth' is
incarne they stole from others. They
do not pay taxes and have had NYS Tax Warrants
against them.
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observation, a point that should be investigated, is the equipment
and inventory show on their website, "Magdalena's House of Pianos", at the bottom
of the page, shows a view of the area oftheir "largest
piano restoration in the USA"and ali their manufacturing equipment. Note that everything looks brand new. Where could they have gotten the money to purchase ali of this equipment?
Angelo Andino is quite ill in the summer
2008 and has lost considerable weight and looks very drawn. The photos
of Angelo using various pieces of equipment
in the operation show a much, much healthier Angelo.
It is unknown if Angelo
and Michael are related, Angelo is possibly an uncle. They formed
a partnership by filing a DBA 18 Dec 2007 known as Angelo Andino Piano Institute AAPI at 1433 Saratoga Road/ Route 9, Fort Edward. (NOTE- Fort Edward is actually
in Washington County.
The physicallocation is in Saratoga County but that area has a mailing address Fort Edward).
They
put the business on the Internet
as Magdalena's House of Pianos but there is no DBA at Saratoga County
for that name. Included in that website
it mentions the Angelo Andino Piano Institute and that people
wishing to learn to rebuild pianos may come to that location
and learn the trade from craftsmen.
They also state that the door is always open for someone to come and look at their dust-free
operation where they rebuild pianos and see their inventory
of pianos. The investigators ofthis case should visit this location with someone with complete knowledge
of pianos and take a thorough look around while appearing to look for a piano to purchase.
A few years ago, when Michael was working as a home repair/remodeling contractor, he had a garage full of kitchen cabinets
and other materials. Note that their bankruptcy of 2004 wiped out the debt they owed to Kraftmaid Cabinetry. He is also known for burglary
and theft. There is a Foreclosure ofMortgage against their present residents. Word has it that they are moving but to where is unknown.
A former neighbor who was employed by Corrections told his girlfriend that Michael was being investigated for having a "Meth" lab. When Phillip Parish (about 20 years old) was arrested for drugs (and now in prison) he did not request anyone from his family be called, only Michael Prisco. Reportedly, other ofPhillip's friends (names unknown) also requested Michael Prisco be called when they were arrested.
On the Internet website known as Manta where you find information about businesses, Magdalena Prisco is shown having a business located at their home address at 2 Wallingford Court, Gansevoort, NY 12831. This shows that she has 59 employees at this address and an annual incarne of$450,000. It is questionable ifthere is room for 59 people in that building and with ali her outside activities, especially shopping, when would she have time to run a business. Is this a cover up for sorne other activity they have going?
In the past, Michael's brother Rudolph P. 1 Rudy Prisco has lived at the same addresses as Michael and Magdalena. Rudy has been doing the same type of scam operation with a computer business and every time someone took him to court, he filed a different name DBA just as Michael has done. Using the search engine www.pipl.com, you can pull up other records and many oftheir earlier addresses may be found. They also have other earlier addresses in Bronx, NY, areas ofPA and NJ.
The piano business is probably not the only income with the Priscos.
It's currently the most visible