Lawsuit: Man bought homes with $70M he misappropriated from oil companies

Edward Brinkmann, a German national living in Naples, is accused of stealing funds via markup scheme as head of procurement.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:20 p.m. August 30, 2019
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A lawsuit accusing a German man living in Collier County of committing fraud involving 10 Naples houses, foreign oil companies and upward of $70 million is making its way through the 20th Judicial Circuit.

 

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