Complaint Review: Paul Ardaji Sr. Paul Ardaji Paul Ardaji Jr. - Greenwich Connecticut

Paul Ardaji, Sr. aka Paul Ardaji is the father of Paul Ardaji, Jr. Paul Ardaji became famous for having produced a movie. He is a naturalized Palestinian American. For the past 20 or so years he has been involved, owned or operated restaurants on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was married to Lena Ardaji. 

I came to know Paul Ardaji Sr., his son Paul Ardaji, Jr., and his wife Lena Ardaji in connection with his Morimoto Project. He claimed to be incredibly wealthy and successful in the restaurant business. He has been picked up in the New York Times and New York Post and New York Daily News. He gave the impression that he was worth hundreds of millions of dollars or at least a successful businessmen and not only that but that he was a big shot because he was a producer for a movie.

Meeting him and his family and investing in his venture was the worst decision of my life. He is a complete fraud with no sense of morals. He is also a publicity hound. I invested in his restaurant venture because I thought it would be successful only to see it spiral into bankruptcy because of numerous undisclosed financial problems. Only after his most recent bankruptcy and public divorce from his wife did I discover that he and his son are complete con artists. I was completely ripped off. Here is how: 

1. Paul Ardaji has declared bankruptcy twice in his life and here are the cases: 

In re Paul Ardaji, Case No. 5:98-bk-50307 (Bankruptcy Court Connecticut); 

In re Paul Ardaji, Case No. 2007-bk-50462 (Bankruptcy Court Connecticut); 

In re Ardaji Restaurant Ventures, Case No. 2007-bk-50464 (Bankruptcy Court Connecticut); 

He has never disclosed this fact to his investors, banks or the media. 

2. Paul Ardaji and his son have an incredibly long arrest record for everything form petty DUIs, to assult to sexual harassment and assault here is the link and a simple check of the state court website revealed numerous convictions dating back nearly 30 years: 

http://blog.ctnews.com/realtime/2014/03/18/son-of-greenwich-restaurateur-arrested-as-florida-fugitive/

and here is a copy of his son's mugshot: 

http://arrest-mugshot-search.com/mugshot/FL/Main-Jail/2015-Jul-09/8594010/Paul-Ardaji

3. Pau Ardaji claimed to me that he owned a Mercedes S-class, a Lexus SUV, and a Porsche. And I have seen him drive around in those cars. It gave me a false sense of security because, well, simply put, if you invest with some one and they are driving around in fancy cars you tend to believe that they actually have money or have had success in their lives to afford such cars. Boy, did I get conned. The house, was a rental. It was not his. It was foreclosed upon and he rented it back. The cars? Not his and not even a rental. They belong to a friend. That's it. 

4. To convince me to invest $50,000 his Morimoto venture, basically to advance him some cash, he told me he owns "all the restaurants on Greenwich Avenue." Not true. He owns between a 1 to 5% stake in two restaurants both of which have a lien against them because....I would later find out through the lengthy Ardaji bankruptcy proceedings that he apparently took out loans from many other individuals and used his stake as collateral. The restaurants themselves have gone bankrupt multiple times. There is not a single venture in this guy's life that has ever been successful. Here is a summary of Ardaji's failed Morimoto venture: 

http://www.scottjosephorlando.com/news/2550-the-morimoto-project-that-wasn-t-to-be

$3.3 million scammed out of people all wasted. 

5. I think any and all of the restaurants this guy is involved with needs a proper audit from a reputable accounting firm. He doesn't surround himself with honest people, which makes sense, he is the most dishonest person I have ever met in my life. His restaurants, if you go in the back like I have, are filthy. The bottled water is TAP TAP TAP. The rose wine is just a mix, not real rose. 

How much did I lose? I lost $50,000 once he declared bankruptcy cause his loan to me was unsecured. He has no assets. He is like a Donald Trumpt but less successful. He steals and then declares bankruptcy (like clockwork every 10 years). The house? Wasn't his. The cars? Wasn't his. The lies? Oh, the fake background, undeclared criminal history, undisclosed bankruptcies, a divorce (he and Lena were in the process of a divorce and even she claimed fraud), the lack of a successful business history, the lack of honesty, the complete and utter lack of integrity -- everything had an excuse. The only real thing about him is he wears a gold chain, I think the gold chain is real. He is a real Hollywood fraudster in Greenwich, Connecticut. Only thing missing for this guy is political office. 

The last I checked on the Connecticut court website, the court awarded custody of his little kids from Lena Ardaji (a woman that is nearly 30 years his junior) to Lena. In the bankruptcy court records, Lena even claims that Paul conned him out of money. 

Stay as far away from this guy and his son as you can. He is deceitful and slimy. If you have any questions, look at the court records. It is all public.