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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 a
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