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I'm adding the IRS to my list. I'm also nervous about calling the attorney and committing further funds to this that may not produce anything. I'd rather spend the money on a plane ticket...

Me too! I'm so paranoid now that I've been scammed. I'm questioning everything, like WHAT DID THESE CRIMINALS DO WITH ALL OUR $$$$? I'm sure they could live well, but I fear it could be funneled into a larger violent criminal activity. I filed my complaint with FL Attorney Gen'l, Louisiana AG, State of LA engineer office because Jalal Ketabi has been registered since 1997 and they investigate fraud also. I spoke with my bank and credit card company. I called Maimi police and have to call back this morning. Today I will do more reports, again in hopes of preventing this from happening to someone else in the future, and possibly reducing funds for their criminal activity. The question that has nagged me is "Did they use our funds for terrorist activity? human trafficking? drug smuggle? child porn?" They stole so much money over so many years under mulitple "business" names? Has the FBI followed their money? The check for $190 was from a Bank of America account, does BofA have an investigation open on this account this is laundering large amounts of criminal money - obtained by felony theft?

I have now filed a complaint against Super Steel Building with the IRS, I have used Form 3949 A. Maybe if we get the IRS after them it will shut them down, I had rather the government have part of the money that I have lost than these scam people.

Glad to see this website is back up. Was being to think they had it pulled down to try and stop us from communication with one another.

Hi friends, I have contacted my local FBI, they were very nice, they said that there is a dollar amount limit, maybe that is another complaint that you should all file. This is an internet fraud issue, Super Steel would not be able to be so effective at their scam if they did not have the internet to hide behind..give it a try...

FYI.. for what its worth I have been emailing the information to some of the newspapers in Fl hoping one of them will look into this. Those papers in Miami and Ft Lauderdale may have an interest since this scam happened in their backyard.

The FL AG is supposedly already looking into William Knote & United Steel for Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices (Florida Statutes Ch. 501)as of Spring this year.

Problem is: They have taken no action and are well aware of other slimy Knote enterprises( Building Steel Inc., & Super Steel) allowing more out-ot state victims to accumulate substantial damages.

USB has recently been successfully sued, lost, and refused to satisfy judgement. It is tough to sue a theif and then have them act in good faith. Oddly, Willie Knote, Howard Zimmerman, & friends do have the money to fund an attorney(Jeffrey Berlowitz) and continue to form sham companies though.

I am all for a class action, we we will win hands down, but collecting is another issue in itself and is highly unlikely.

I can tell you from experience, the lawyers involved are the only ones getting paid. If a class action materializes, be sure there is a plan to seize assets of corporate officers including after-the-fact damages...guarenteed, in the event of a win. Otherwise, attorneys get paid and victims get pennies or nothing.

Hate to be a nay-sayer but I speak from experience. USB has cost me 3 times what I was taken for and I am still at square one.

A group trip to Florida is in order, embarrass Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum, candidate for Governer and get the attention of the media. I have Knote's address, let's camp on his lawn and let the world know he is a THIEF!

Approx. 100 victims and counting... $500, 000...$750, 000...over $1, 000, 000, who knows. The AG doesn't, but Knote continues living large.

Here's what I received from Mr. Caddy this morning. Although, the one post is correct, if the AG has known about this for 2 yrs...it may not be worth the time/effort/money.
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Mr. Parkhurst:

Thank you for your inquiry. I am planning on filing suit against Super Steel and all of its principals for Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices (Florida Statutes Ch. 501) amongst other things. I'm interested in representing you and all of the people similarly situated to yourself to keep costs and legal fees way down. Everyone is telling exactly the same story. The more clients I can get, the cheaper it will be for everyone.

I suggest you consider yourself represented and assist me in finding others to join our cause. Let's keep in touch and advise on our findings going forward. Whenever we have a sufficient number of claims, the plan is to file suit. Also, I should tell you that if you've received a "refund" check from Super Steel (probably in the amount of $190.00, ) you should not cash or deposit it, as Super Steel will later claim that you settled with them and thus cannot sue.

I'm saving your contact details for future reference. We will be getting back to you.

Sincerely yours,

Gavin D. Caddy, Esq.

Board Certified Construction Lawyer

Yes call Gavin caddy.. I gave his number in threads above. There are +15 and counting of us contacting him.

Talked with my attorney yesterday about SSB and actions available to us. He recommends that each of us files a complaint with the Florida Attorney General, your own state Attorney General and the SE Florida Better Business Bureau. Additional actions are to file a police report in you home jurisdiction (even though it won't go anywhere) but it gives you the document to send to police in Florida as you file a complaint there. It is clear there are an enormous number of us with hundreds of thousands of our hard earned dollars stolen from us in this criminal scam. They need to be held accountable in court.

Interestingly enough I had an interesting conversation with another steel building fabricator located in Florida (trying to find a replacement building) who was, and had been aware, of Super Steel Buildings and United Steel LLC - he referred to them as crooks. I asked why they had not done something about it as it gave their industry a bad name to which he responded it was not their job. Well, excuse me - duh! My thought at that time was as we pursue our legal recourse with SSB we should also untied and actively identify steel building fabricator in Florida and challenge them on why they let these crooks ruin their business image.

My attorney offered to find us a lawyer in Florida to work with on this; has anyone identified an attorney there yet.

Also... Jalal Ketabi is based out of Texas, he may be assosiated with Whirlwind Steel buildings in TX. USB brokers buildings thru them.
He holds PE licenses in several states.
He was a corporate officer of USB, when USB folded he went straight to Super Steel..coincidence?

Again visit:
unitedsteelbuildingscam.webs.com

Everyone...
Please visit:
unitedsteelbuildingscam.webs.com

for additional info and contacts.

The Florida AG has known about this for over 2 years.
Ft Lauderdale PD handed this over to the FBI...but William Knote continues to steal deposits. United Stell, Building Steel, or Super Steel..it's the same scam.

Before you put out more $$$ with attorneys, know that USB has refused to satisfy court ordered settlements. USB has told the state they are "bankrupt". There are currently approx. 80 complaints against USB totaling several hundred thousand dollars.

Contact the FBI ...ASAP

We also got a check for 190. We are not going to cash it. Probably not any good anyway. Decided to talk to Gavin Caddy. He said the more people that we could get the better off we would be. So everyone give him a call. Need to put these [censor] holes where they belong. The sad thing is that the shop we had we lost to a fire. Worked hard to get the money for another one and S O B's like this took advantage of us. Done everything they said to do . The man that wants to go to flordia, where do you live? Would love to go. If anyone would like to email me my email is mkmiller2853@yahoo.com. Please lets band together!

Wimberly,
If your from Texas maybe you can check out Jalal Ketabi's other business's he has that are registered in Texas here's the company info.
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http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Hallandale-Beach/super-steel-buildings-inc-5273774.aspx

Hey I have a 30 x 60 cement slab with heated floors just poured the day before we found out we were scammed. aauugghhhh! Would love to get my hands on these people.

I think we should go to Miami and kick some [censor]!
My husband and I are pissed off Super Steel, they are true thiefs, My husband wants to go to Miami and see where these crooks are located and where they live. We intend on filing a law suit. We will see Gavin Gaddy when we are down there. Does anyone else want to travel with my husband to Miami next week and share a rental car? They scammed 8, 000.00 dollars from us.

Oh yeah...we're going to have some Gospel Bluegrass concerts on the $13, 000 slab...anyone want to come over? Keep smilin' folks...we'll get to the bottom of this together...

I"ve contacted Mr. Caddy via email...hopefully we can get enough of us for a class action...we're talking 10s of thousands of dollars here...wow.

Mount Aiiry, Maryland
I did call Gavin Gaddy left my name and email and phone number with receptionist. He's to get back to me.

The story's above about discount buildings is the same as mine. Kept getting emails from Allen, Wade. But thanks to poster Pablo on this forum we now know they didn't have a factory. I would advise all you new people who have just found this forum to go back a page or two and read what Pablo had to say.

We just spoke to Gavin D. Gaddy as well and are in.

Kmiddleton

That was the story i received back in October. They had a 30 x 38 building that someone back out on and could give me a discounted price. The followed through with phone calls & emails so i had no reason not to believe them. I even looked up the BBB rating and it was A- needless to say thats a joke, they arnt worth a [censor] either.

jn2375 you should call Gavin Giddy Esquire as well and get on the list so we have more power in this fight.

Count me as one of those 15 who have contacted him. I'm not cashing my $190 check either.

We also have been taken for $10, 000.00. We were told they had a canceled building of 80X90 and they could give it to us for a discounted price due to the prior buyer had to back out. I tried to call them today and their phone has been disconnected and I've not received a response from my e-mail I sent to Marie. I tried to log onto their web page to see if their number had changed and stumbled onto this page. I called our attorney and she said we had to find a lawyer in FL and recommended that I file a complaint with FL Attorney General Office and I've done that. I agree we should get a lawyer. It's awful that people have no shame. Count us in as well!

I just got off the phone with Gavin D. Gaddy, Esq.Board Certified Construction Lawyer.The more clients we can get together, the cheaper it will be for everyone. About 15 so far has contacted him since today. If you haven't, please call him before It to late to get these guys. Phone is [protected]

As everyone is aware the more people and or material supliers that get involved the better our case and less expensive on everyone.

I had received a letter as well today and a check for $190.00 and we gave them $5, 849.00. I also had contact with marie by phone and email as recent as 5/24/10.

I called Caddy also. He said he is located between Ft Lauterdale and Maimi. Gavin D. Caddy, Esq.Board Certified Construction Lawyer
The more clients we can get together, the cheaper it will be for everyone. 8 or 9 so far has contacted him. If you haven't, please call him before It to late to get these guys. Phone is [protected]

Charles Gardner/Oak Grove, La.
I was also scammed same senereo as all you guys, same names & they got $7900.00 out of me & I still owe the bank .I am with you all to band together to get a lawyer.We would be stronger as a group.I filed a report with Attorney Generals in Louisiana &Florida & e-mailed Congressman Alexandria & filed a report with Miami Dade Police Dept we were the 7th complaint.They gave us Debra Mitchells' phone #.So I strongly suggest filing a complaint with all these folks especially Econmic Crimes Bureau @ [protected] In Fl. & I'm going to call Debra Mitchell this afternoon. Good Luck .

I called Gavin Caddy also, spoke with the receptionist she took my name and phone number to have Gavin call me. Hopefully he'll take all our cases together.

I just spoke With Gavin Caddy too.

I just spoke with Gavin Caddy - if any one is interested in pooling resources to bring action against these criminals, please contact him. He is not allowed to solicit clients, therefore you must contact him. This appears to be a long-standing and well-planned fraud, there may be assets somewhere that should be used to pay restitution.

EVERYONE I JUST TALKED TO GILBERT AND CADDY LAWYERS IN FLORIDA.. HE SAYS IF WE ALL CAN CALL OR EMAIL HIM IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE WE CAN PURSUE THIS.. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS gcaddy@theconstructionlawyers.com and phone is [protected] PLEASE call or email him asap.. the more people the better chance we have

We are in Debra Mitchell... u can email me at sleslie127@aol.com... they got us for 9600... and our 30, 000 worth of concrete was customized for our custom building..so now we have to do some alterations before we can have
our building from somewhere else ... anyways tell me what i can do to help.. im in texas

Yes count me in they took us for around $10, 000 I'm too embarrassed to look up the exact amount I also got a check for 190 but don't want to cash it if it's even any good till I talk to a lawyer my email is raymondnichols@hotmail.com

I would be willing to take down names and addresses and phone numbers of people who want to nail these guys, is there any one in Florida who would be willing to look for an attorney. My brother in law discovered that this guy has businesses all over, we need someone who is very quick and agressive. I would love to help in some way, we have saved a long time to get together the money for this barn and we are not happy campers. So please let me know if there is something that I can do. I can give you my cell number and start gathering names addresses and phone numbers or if someone has an idea for an agressive good attorney, we can send information to that attorney. We need to get all over this snake before he has time to slither into his hole.

We received our $190.00 check today too. The articles of incorporation and a few other corporate documents can be reviewed at:

http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=P06000112713&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=N&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=SUPERSTEELBUILDINGS&names_filing_type=

I spoke with my lawyer yesterday and he advised me that the ONLY chance of it being somewhat worth a shot is if we get together. These crooks have put me on hold since Oct. 2 2009. Wade whoever that is, told me that the building I was buying was a cancelled building. How blind was I, anyway I spoke with multiple people today which was mostly uneventful other than finding out about them not filing for bankruptcy and did get a police report filed with Miami Dade

HamGa.
I totally agree

I agree totally, my brother in law is an attorney here in New Mexico and he is looking into it, but said that he can't do more than that.

They Have not filed for backruptcy as of lunch today I also got a 190 check for my 4450. We need To find a lawyer together that is out of florida and get this hunt started

Maybe they think they can con us with that letter, they probable never figured we would find each other to compare what they have done to us and how much each one of us lost. This letter does seem fishy and the checks handwritten. I'm not cashing it I need to find out more. Going to our state police tomorrow with my papers, their letter and check to see if I can file a criminal complaint, I atleast want to get it on record.

I contact recieved a $190 ck. today . I also recieved a reply from the Fl. Att. Gen. office who said to contact Fl. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services ph.#[protected] ReggieMurrell