Please be on the lookout for Wayne Tope and Patricia Tope of Meridian Marketing LLC
He lives in the Tampa Bay area in and around Valrico. Meridian Marketing is a New Mexico LLC so he can stay hidden from authorities and pissed off individuals that he has ripped off.
Wayne claims to be an ex-pastor and is always posting ads on Craigslist looking for saleman/investors to participate in sham investments
He has ripped off a group of people for over $100,000by lying to them about an event company that he said was sold out and any investment would yield a 20% or more return
After the event occured and there was a huge loss he disappeared and would not answer phone calls
Please be warned not to believe a word he says and report him to the authorities should you run across him
He has been reported to the FBI and Attorney General and has one lawsuit in progress with many more coming