- 5 - were recovered after filing suit. The agreement was witnessed by Anthony Orlando and Connie Kates. When Lynch signed the agreement with the estate, he was working as an investment banker in New York issuing municipal securities. An attorney by the name of Frank Carano was the attorney for the estate. Shortly after Lynch signed the agreement with Mary Orlando on August 7, 1978, Lynch entered into an agreement with Reardon whereby Reardon agreed to assist Lynch in the investigation to see if the stolen securities could be recovered. Reardon was to be paid 15 percent of the face amount of any securities recovered. Through their diligent investigative efforts, Lynch and Reardon discovered, in approximately March 1979, that coupons from securities that they identified as having belonged to decedent were being cashed at various banking institutions in San Diego, California. They traced the securities to an account in San Diego held in the name of Italia Ballestrucci, the maiden name of Italia Bossi who had been the housekeeper for Philip when his residence-office was set afire on July 6, 1977. Lynch and Reardon took their evidence to the U.S. Attorney and the FBI in Philadelphia and persuaded them to reopen their investigation of the theft of securities from Philip. Italia Bossi and her husband were arrested by the FBI at their home in San Diego on May 1, 1979. Bearer bonds having aPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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