Alleged Scammer Leaves Friends Homeless; Becomes Fugitive, Forcing Federal Judge To Order Forfeiture Of Real Estate Posted To Secure Bail Bond

In Brooklyn, New York, the New York Post reports:

• A former Credit Suisse broker who became a fugitive to escape trial for fraud now has two more victims -- the friends who put their homes on the line to back his $3 million bail. Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein angrily ordered prosecutors to seize $3 million in assets that were posted as bail for Julian Tzolov, 36, including a friend's Manhattan apartment and a Miami Beach home belonging to his girlfriend's brother. The feds launched a massive manhunt for Tzolov on May 9 after he vanished from his posh Fifth Avenue condo, where he'd been under house arrest for eight months, complete with an electronic monitoring device around his ankle.

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• "Everything should be forfeited," Weinstein said [Monday] in reference to the friends who signed Tzolov's bail bond. "They're going to lose everything."

For more, see BROKER FUGITIVE TZOLOV LEAVES FRIENDS HOMELESS.