Anonymous
map-marker Bronx, New York

Tara Crawley works with Todd Spenla to defraud innocent people.

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Todd Spenla and Tara Crawley robbed me blind.

Todd Spenla's partner in fraud is Tara Crawley. Criminal fraud charges need to be brought against her as well, and she also needs to go to prison.

Here is her linkedin profile in which she names herself as part of Spenla's microbank.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-crawley-1480****

Essentially he uses her name to commit fraud, and to the extent that she allows it, she also commits fraud.

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Zechariah Gco

Tara Crawley now goes by "Tara B" and works at Scores Gentlemens Club in Manhattan, exactly the kind of place where she belongs

Guest

I have known Tara Crawly for maybe four or five years and I can tell you first hand that she had no idea her credit was being breached. I think this entire post should come down seeing Mr.

Spenla is deceased.

I have already started the process with Google legal department to have this entire site removed for " Defamation Of Character" along with multiple other consumer rights privacy complaints.

P.S if you guys want to run a forum, know what rights you give up before publishing please and thank you.

Guest
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It's rather funny to read that you've know Tara Crawley so well and can vouch for her character even though you cannot spell her name correctly. It's Crawley, not Crawly.Tara Crawley actively participated in Todd Spenla's fraud.

We can all be thankful that Spenla is dead. Crawley helped him defraud numerous people including people who had recently lost their spouses.She and Spenla operated as serial squatters and lived for free in my home for as long as they could before I evicted them.She and Spenla looted some of my most important possessions, including gifts from my grandparents.She is a horrible, horrible person.If you succeed in taking this post down, you can be sure that I will appeal and repost. I have all my records that I will share with google.

Among the items Tara left behind in my home after squatting here was her annotated copy of the book CODEPENDENT NO MORE.(Yep, she defrauded others and feels sorry for herself. What a piece of work you are, Tara!)She plays the victim, but she was a perpetrator.

Guest
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Todd Spenla and his former wife wreaked havoc in my life as well. They rented our Pound Ridge home in the 1990s and we had to evict them for nonpayment.

They trashed the house.

I read that he is dead, but to this day Elaine Lahey Spenla evades paying the judgement she was named in. Pure ***

Guest
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Todd Spenla was a deadbeat *** who got what was coming to him

Zechariah Gco
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She was happy enough to work with fraudster Todd Spenla to help him defraud kind-hearted, honest people. Tara Crawley (aka Tara B) is just as bad as Spenla. She certainly has not attempted to return any of the property she and Spenla stole from my home.

Guest

Todd Spenla passed away on the 12th of November. This can be verified on the public database of the Miami-Dade medical examiner.

Guest
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We can all be thankful that Todd Spenla is indeed dead.Spenla's death may have been a suicide, and it may have happened after he simply ran out of options because he was such an *** or perhaps he tried to cheat a powerful person who decided Todd needed to be thrown off that balcony. If that's what happened, I'd like to thank that person.Tara Crawley was Todd Spenla's partner in crime.

Just as bad as Spenla. Together Todd Spenla and Tara Crawley defrauded scores of innocent people. Spenla was clearly the mastermind, but this does not absolve his sidekick Tara Crawley. She helped him defraud innocent people including elderly people who were recently bereaved after losing their spouses.Tara, you are a piece of work.

You did this.

You are not innocent. You are as bad a person as spenla was.

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His ex wife Elaine Lahey Spenla acted equally as despicable!

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Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

I just evicted Spenla from my home too!

Thank you for your post "Do Not Rent To Todd Spenla". I was also conned and defrauded by Spenla and just got finished fighting an expensive, 6-month long legal battle to evict him. The most astonishing moment during the fight to evict him was when I was contacted by someone who was fighting to evict Spenla at the same time.

Take a moment to absorb this. When you hear the word "squatter", you probably think of illegal residents of squalid tenements and abandoned buildings who have illegally taken up residence there because they have no place else to go; the idea of a squatter simultaneously taking advantage of several respectable owners/leaseholders/owner-occupants and adversely occupying multiple homes in high-end neighborhoods probably sounds like nonsense to you because the words "occupy" and "reside" connote continuity and permanence. These words do NOT connote a pompous, tasteless, poorly dressed, cigar-smoking, uneducated oaf with legal access to several residences in and around Manhattan, none of which he pays for, and all of which he leaves REEKING of boozy body odor and cigar smoke. Unfortunately, Christopher Todd Spenla is such a perverse, repugnant parasite, and recently he has repeatedly used squatters' rights to adversely occupy the homes of two legal owners simultaneously, without the permission of either owner. Both I and the other owner had to bear the cost of evicting him, and, to date, there have been no adverse consequences for spenla. If you've also been defrauded or abused by Spenla, please get in touch so we can begin talking about bringing him to justice for criminal fraud and other crimes, and so we can begin lobbying congress to pass laws making it a felony to do what he has done to countless kindhearted people.

Obviously Spenla will read this and put up posts to try to create confusion, but we all know he is an illiterate; therefore, just take a moment to compose a cogent, intelligent response that proves you have an education beyond middle school, and that'll be enough to prove that you aren't Turdd Spenla or his Creepy-Crawley side-kick.

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Guest

He will be staying at the montage in Beverly Hills during the Oscars room 707 on the 13th floor!

Anonymous
map-marker Red Bank, New Jersey

Todd Spenla resurfaces

Warning folks: Todd has resurfaced, this time at 14 Wall Street in New York City. After a little investigating, he's apparently affiliated with John Thomas Financial but he's continuing to run his Microbanc scam.

Got a google alert listing Microbanc's address in the same location although the building and directory assistance has no record of Microbanc in that building. He doesn't appear to have ownership in John Thomas but he is receiving phone calls there. If you are considering doing business with this fraudster, do more research before writing him giving him a penny.

He's a complete fraud and will do nothing for your company except cash your check.

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Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Todd Spenla- Do not rent an Apartment to this guy

While this is not a direct response from a consumer of Todd Spenla's business dealings- so called business"”it's believed that no real business actually takes place between TS and his clients. He is fraudulent corrupt and crooked. THIS IS a landlord beware notice, and tangentially retailed to all the other postings on the Internet. Todd Spenla has been evicted, yet again. On Aug. 13, 2011 a NYC Marshal placed an eviction and order to vacate letter on the door of his apartment. Just a small amount of research reveals that this is probably his third eviction. There are probably more. Landlords beware, because he never paid his rent the entire eight months he lived in the apartment on the lower east side. He and his partner lived for free. Causing much disruption, endless disturbances and even taunting of other neighbors, TODD SPENLA and his partner were the worst tenants EVER to live on Lower East Side. Pathologically lying from month to month in order to maintain a residence, finding ways not to pay the rent, he managed to stay in the apartment for eight long months. He is truly a *** person. All the other residents of the building suffered deeply while he (they) resided there as tenants.

The police came to the building about a dozen times within that eight-month period, as they were causing disruptions to the entire neighborhood- A result of the couple's constant fighting. NYC LANDLORDS BEWARE! Never rent an apartment to this guy.

THE neighborhood is such a better place without him.

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This is no joke...you are very right! We rented a once beautiful home in Westchester to Todd and his wife (I believe now x) which they destroyed.

They left it filled with dog ***, filth, drug paraphanalia, and hair dye all over the sinks. Disgusting to say the least. We had them evicted and they still, after many years, have not fulfilled the judgement issued against them.

Stay away from this man both professionally and personally. Truly the *** of the earth.......

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ykp
map-marker Kings Park, New York

Todd Spenla - Stay away!!

Todd Spenla - What can be said. A rotten ***, no joke. I had been employed at the same place as he. Let me say. He has done very dishonest things. Talked down, humiliated people. Lied about investments-profits job history, employment, success history and everything in general. Feel free to look up his work or other employment related biz history and all in between!!!

Go check his companies. he is the reason the usa is in turmoil, as a contributor of course. what honest has he done. NOTHING. there a numerous complaints of him everywhere he has been. why?? THE LAW Will RESOLVE This!!

You friend Chatfield - DEAN!

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Guest

who may you be YKP. Identify yourself cowardly

person. Elliot Gayer was atleast a trusted partner with Todd Spenla while a partner at Microbanc. These guys did alot of business. Todd was the aggressive one and Elliot was the lawyer. As I believe their partnership just went in opposite directions.

I know of atleast 6 companies these guys gave valuable advice to and raised capital for.

YKP you sounbd like a jilted ex lover. Sorry I call them the way I see them. LAst time I saw Todd he was driving a 150k Aston Martin and had on a Rose gold AP on his wrist that was not less than 75,000. I dont think he is hurting and seemed to have many many clients. As for Elliot Gayer. I heard he went on his own as a ppm writer advisor.

Guest

:grin

This is the funniest blog. Wow bored umemployed losers.

Guest

Todd Spenla works for a multi billion dollar hedge fund and has raised tens of millions of dollars for private companies. I am a client and he advised and raised our business 5M with in a 90 day period.

YKP sounds like a low end worker that worked for Mr. Spenla in another lifetime.

Tom Styler

Guest

For,

Heh, EG,

EG Wrote;

"@ Chatfield Dean during the entire time Spenla worked their"

do you mean (your last 2 words) "WORKED THERE"

What the heck does ''worked their'' define.

do you speak english.

this is not a rant about chatfield & dean.

why did you bring that up. you speak as if you have at most a junior high school education. you should not be allowed to work anywhere - so if C & D hired you, omg they must be selling investments to monkeys??

as for managers,

do you mean the guy w/Todd - Charles C.

a) SICK, disgusting midget, you ate him??

or do you men b) Elliot??

regardless - you do NOT decide who gets to say what, except at your trial.

If you Like your BF Todd Spenla SO SO Much, drop your lawsuit and forgive him, dummy.

your attempt to save your *** - FAIL!!

F OFF!

Guest

:zzz

OK a RESPONSE,

WHAT A Load of C R A P !

from both Spenla & EG.

Todd Spenla LIED About:

Employment History, About His qualifications, about what his company (or scam) is! About business deals and partners & everything else!

He has claimed different college backgrounds, different phony volunteer histories, different celebrity investors who would not URINATE on SPENLA!!

Where he allegedly worked as a Recruiter,

ok

BTW i Am Not - Nor will ever be an employee of Todd Spenla, another lie that i am disgruntled, no i am honest..

he was & is a failure. ask his former pretty latina secretary what he claimed, boasted, promised, sadly she got cheated - had to leave!!

Todd Spenla, on the outside has finally become what he is on inside. A Fat, old, ***

he even has a fake image on twitter, of him, walking somewhere, before any festivities had begun, acting like glitterati.

no one, no one has this amount of complaints against them. he has never made any honest money.

the truth will come out during him being brought to justice and in court.

anyways, Here an ELEGANT answer.

Todd Spenla, Should not be in any sort of job except bathroom attendant. (apologies to bathroom attendants)

He has lawsuits, complaints and serious legal charges to face. and face PUNISHMENTS for. he is a monster.

Guest

This rebuttal comes from the desk of Todd Spenla, Senior Managing Member and CEO of Microbanc, LLC. The above posting clearly comes from a disgruntled former employee. It is poorly written and contains a host of misrepresentations and inaccuracies. I will address each claim separately.

Firstly, Microbanc is a New York based global investment banking group. Our firm specializes in advising and raising capital for micro-cap and startup companies in a variety of sectors. My colleagues and I have a plethora of professional credentials in the investment banking and advisory industry. Microbanc's past successes have enabled Microbanc clients to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund their respective ventures. Microbanc has a long list of success stories - over two dozen completed transactions. Even during the present financial crisis, we have managed to navigate our clients with successful outcomes and expansion of the group.

Secondly, we are, indeed, a retained firm for consulting services which include: advisement, valuations, preparing institutional quality business plans and proformas, Private Placement Memoranda (PPM), subscription documents, and, of course, providing exposure to our Rolodex of accredited investors in the capital markets. We pride ourselves in being a very selective with whom we work, and provide a full range of services to our clients. Our goal is to be a "one stop shop" for micro-cap and startup companies - that is Microbanc's motto.

Thirdly, we participate in a number of charities. In fact, Mr. Spenla is an assistant golf coach at NYU in my spare time, and receive a salary of $1 per year. I am very active within the NYU community, as well as my alma mater, Florida State University, where I received a full athletic scholarship.

Fourthly, Microbanc's corporate headquarters is based in New York City. We maintain a strong syndicate of partners that participate with us on a deal-by-deal basis. As such, Microbanc enjoys a tremendous deal-flow, allowing us to attract a "best of breed" client list with whom we work on a confidential basis. At Microbanc, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service and maintaining exceptional client relationships. This is our credo and why we created the firm in that the larger investment banks lack this one on one personalized service.

Finally, Microbanc's litigation has been from a former disgruntled managing member that was recently dismissed with no merits. If there are any inquiries about specific information regarding Microbanc and its activities, please contact us at the below referenced number.

The above posting have no merit and lack suffiecient information.

Very sincerely yours,

Todd Spenla

Managing Partner/ CEO

646-642-****

tspenla@***.net

Guest

YKP, I don't know what your gripe is against Spenla, but I was the branch office compliance manager at Chatfield Dean during the entire time Spenla worked their. Spenla was an unlicensed recruiter there and I can assure you that had a word issued from his mouth about "investment-profits" to clients he would have been sanctioned.

No such action ever took place because he NEVER gave investment advice. Since I am currently in litigation against Todd, I think I'm objective about this.

While it is okay to take SHOTS against him, its not okay to take inaccurate untruthful cheap shots. So YKP who where the two branch office managers of the Office at Chatfield Dean if you worked there?

Guest

I hope the US Attorney/FBI reads this.

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Meagan Luz
map-marker New York, New York

Todd Spenla Microbanc

Please steer clear Todd Spenla and Microbanc. He is a fraudster, and dishonest even in his personal details of his background and his relationships.

He has been even evicted from his home in new york and left his landlady in the lurch. His partner even took his email address away from him. He has gone underground for the time being but he will resurface and attempt to steal again. I read carefully the US court filings and he is now claiming all the press releases he issued were actually not posted by him.

That is absurd and all we can do is point out his untruthfullness and warn others to not do business with him. As his partners are all suing him that should be enough evidence. Just stay away. He has portrayed himself as a business partner and associate of my employer and it is wrong and criminal to do this thing.

He has no valid connections. The courts will decide.

We intend to issue a press release to major media shortly distancing ourself from this *** guy.

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Guest

While this is not a direct response from a consumer of Todd Spenla’s business dealings- so called business—it’s believed that no real business actually takes place between TS and his clients. He is fraudulent corrupt and crooked.

THIS IS a landlord beware notice, and tangentially retailed to all the other postings on the Internet. Todd Spenla has been evicted, yet again. On Aug. 13, 2011 a NYC Marshal placed an eviction and order to vacate letter on the door of his apartment.

Just a small amount of research reveals that this is probably his third eviction. There are probably more. Landlords beware, because he never paid his rent the entire eight months he lived in the apartment on the lower east side. He and his partner lived for free.

Causing much disruption, endless disturbances and even taunting of other neighbors, TODD SPENLA and his partner were the worst tenants EVER to live on Lower East Side. Pathologically lying from month to month in order to maintain a residence, finding ways not to pay the rent, he managed to stay in the apartment for eight long months. He is truly a *** person. All the other residents of the building suffered deeply while he (they) resided there as tenants.

The police came to the building about a dozen times within that eight-month period, as they were causing disruptions to the entire neighborhood- A result of the couple’s constant fighting.

NYC LANDLORDS BEWARE! Never rent an apartment to this guy.

THE neighborhood is such a better place without him.

Guest

Todd Spenla ought to emigrate to Mars and remain there for good! :x :zzz

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Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Todd Spenla Microbanc Investment Bank

Todd Spenla is Senior Managing Member and CEO of Microbanc, LLC, a New York based global investment banking group. Microbanc specializes in advising and raising capital for micro-cap and startup companies in a variety of sectors. The professionals at Microbanc have a plethora of professional credentials in the investment banking and advisory industry.

Our past successes have enabled Microbanc clients to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for their respective ventures. We have a long list of success stories - over a dozen completed transactions. Even during the present financial crisis, we have managed to navigate our clients with successful outcomes.

We are a retained firm. The retainer is used during the due diligence phase and pays for consulting services which include: advisement, valuations, preparing an institutional quality business plan and proforma, a Private Placement Memoranda (PPM), subscription documents, and, of course, providing exposure to our Rolodex of accredited investors in the capital markets. We pride ourselves in being a very selective with whom we work, and provide a full range of services to our clients. Our goal is to be a "one stop shop" for micro-cap and startup companies - that is Microbanc's motto.

Microbanc's corporate headquarters is based in New York City. However, we maintain a strong syndicate of partners, worldwide, that participate with us on a deal-by-deal basis. As such, Microbanc enjoys a tremendous deal-flow, allowing us to attract a "best of breed" client list with whom we work on a confidential basis. At Microbanc, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service and maintaining exceptional client relationships. This is our credo.

If you would like to retain our services or have any specific inquiries regarding Microbanc and its activities, please email us at microbanc.com or at the below referenced number.

Very sincerely yours,

Todd SpenlaManaging Partner/ CEO646-642-****tspenla@***.com

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Bradley Whw
map-marker Glendale, California

Todd Spenla - Microbanc - New York City - is a pathological liar

I need to alert other people because I am a victim of Todd Spenla's brokering. Todd Spenla, Microbanc, New York City is a pathological liar and thief.

Todd Spenla currently has four lawsuits against him from 'clients' that paid him a retainer fee to perform. His m.o. is to ask for a retainer fee upfront and promise to deliver executed deals. Beware of Todd Spenla.

Do not give your hard-earned money to this common thief. Todd Spenla masquerades as a very successful NY broker, all the wile his "office" is a former garage in his home. Todd Spenla is nothing but a common golf instructor. He even gives golf instructors a bad name.

All you have to do is Google Todd Spenla. Todd Spenla is discredited by many and respected by none. All you will see is lawsuits one after another against him and Microbanc, which is his company. The other 'clients' are trying to get their retainers back, but have not been able to.

The only money that Todd Spenla, this disgusting excuse of a human being, has made this past year is those unfulfilled retainers.

Save your money, yourself, and a potential headache. Don't do business with this shyster, Todd Spenla.

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Guest

Todd Spenla passed away on the 12th of November. This can be verified on the public database of the Miami-Dade medical examiner.

Guest

After careful investigation regarding this post PLEASE BE ADVISED that the malicious review was posted by an angry ex-girlfriend whose significant other is a competitor. Venting her frustrations regarding Todd Christopher Spenla through libel.

Unfortunately the burden of proof is on Mr. Spenla that is how these sites works.

Although it should ask for the alleged complainant to bare some burden prior to publishing poisonous words thus tarnishing a descent man's reputation. Name calling is not a professional approach to discredit someone, this rant of a post is obviously of personal nature.

Guest

Mr. Murdoch,

In regards to your response on Dec. 7th, 2011; please provide the name of your company and a contact # if you really are a satisfied client.

The fact of the matter is there is not a single response I have seen in defense of Todd where the person posting can be positively identified. Further, I have never been able to identify a company Todd did business with that would verify his competence.

I suspect Murdoch is yet another fictitious person Todd made up.

Guest

Todd is a great guy and has increased our firm capital tremendously. He is very successful and with that comes scrutiny from others. He owns a few luxury apartments/lofts throughout lower manhattan and is a wonderful guy to do business with as well as interact with socially.

Guest

Mr. Schniederman,

I find it pathetic that a simple google search of your name turns up nothing, notta, scratch, zilch, zippo...

Come on Todd, if you have to impersonate someone to get a positive post into cyberspace, at least use a common name... It doesn't take a college education to figure that out does it?

Looks to me like your worlds are colliding. May you get everything you deserve in life. ...10 fold

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The pathetic part is your post. The finance world doesn't care about the "Insulted" it cares about the ones who profited from Mr Spenla's work.

Just like any operation has risks that is much smaller percentage wise compared to great healthy outcomes so do investments. Biggest banks have people defaulting on their loans and no one writes BS blogs about them. Like I mentioned before this ridiculous, unfounded campaign to ruin Mr Spenal's image is preposterous. This is not 3rd grade!!

Todd Spenla is a decent, experienced, hard working professional who's name and reputation is 2nd to none. Please refrain from childish posts on this poisonous blog.

Spend the time you are wasting on this blog making money, much more fulfilling.

Guest

:grin

Julie Julie, You sound like a mess and misinformed.

Guest

What is written by Joel S is all lies that Todd just bought a $ 4 mill apt. How do I know ?

He just got evicted from the building where I live 262 Broome St for not paying rent. The guy is a *** who brorrowed money from the tenants in the building claiming he was broke and hard up.

Hey Todd where is my $ 150 you owe me ???

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Not sure how close you are to his ex who had lost her mind trying to destroy Todd's image on the net but it is not working. His career has taken off regardless and this $ 150 you bring up is barely lunch these days, I am sure you reciprocated to something Mr Spenla purchased for you and are now just adding fuel to the fire by misconstruing the situation.

"Girl power" is for cartoon characters and just because he wouldn't give you the time of day personally that does not give you the right to bad mouth a good man. Anyone's financial status is their private business just as I am sure you would like to keep yours.

Sad day when a woman turns into something like you, petty and bitter. Good luck to you and I will pray for you.

Guest

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Todd Spenla is a wealthy hedge fund Manager, what happened did you lose money in one of his clients he was advising. Why are you posting ***. Do you know Todd Spenla, he just bought a 4M Apartment at 40 Mercer street, his neighbor is Brad Pitt and Anj Jolie.

Although you are correct Microbanc charges a 100k plus retainer for them to take you on as a client. I know for a fact he just raised a lifesciences company 14M and his fee was 1.7MM.

Joel Schniederman

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todd s Sya
map-marker Brooklyn, New York

Todd Spenla Microbanc Investment Bank

This rebuttal comes from the desk of Todd Spenla, Senior Managing Member and CEO of Microbanc, LLC. The above posting clearly comes from a disgruntled former employee. It is poorly written and contains a host of misrepresentations and inaccuracies. I will address each claim separately.

Firstly, Microbanc is a New York based global investment banking group. Our firm specializes in advising and raising capital for micro-cap and startup companies in a variety of sectors. My colleagues and I have a plethora of professional credentials in the investment banking and advisory industry. Our past successes have enabled Microbanc clients to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund their respective ventures. Microbanc has a long list of success stories - over two dozen completed transactions. Even during the present financial crisis, we have managed to navigate our clients with successful outcomes.

Secondly, we are, indeed, a retained firm for consulting services which include: advisement, valuations, preparing institutional quality business plans and proformas, Private Placement Memoranda (PPM), subscription documents, and, of course, providing exposure to our Rolodex of accredited investors in the capital markets. We pride ourselves in being a very selective with whom we work, and provide a full range of services to our clients. Our goal is to be a "one stop shop" for micro-cap and startup companies - that is Microbanc's motto.

Thirdly, we participate in a number of charities. In fact, I am an assistant golf coach at NYU in my spare time, and receive a salary of $1 per year. I am very active within the NYU community, as well as my alma mater, Florida State University, where I received a full athletic scholarship.

Fourthly, Microbanc's corporate headquarters is based in New York City. We maintain a strong syndicate of partners that participate with us on a deal-by-deal basis. As such, Microbanc enjoys a tremendous deal-flow, allowing us to attract a "best of breed" client list with whom we work on a confidential basis. At Microbanc, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service and maintaining exceptional client relationships. This is our credo and why we created the firm in that the larger investment banks lack this one on one personalized service.

Finally, neither Microbanc nor I have ever been sued or involved in any lawsuits. If there are any inquiries about specific information regarding Microbanc and its activities, please contact us at the below referenced numbers.

Very sincerely your,

Todd SpenlaManaging Partner/ CEO646-642-****tspenla@***.com

Dennis Dannel, Jr917-331-****Managing Directordennis@***.com

Sebastian Correa347-393-****Managing Directorsebastian@***.com

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I would also like to add my 2 cents. I had the misfortune of working with this narcissistic, incompetent and self serving ***...circa 1996. He started out as a H.R. person at a NASDAQ boiler room was summarily fired for being inept in the mid 90's. I can attest that he does in fact have multiple judgments against him after having been introduced to him to start a venture capital firm.

He has delusions of Grandeur.

contact jason.f.wang@***.com

Guest

HELLO PEOPLE!!

HE IS AN INCOMPETENT ***! WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS YOU DO WITH HIM??

OFCOURSE YOU WIN ANYTHING AGAINST HIM HE IS JUST A LOOSER!!HELLOOOO

Guest

Microbanc investment banks client won the bid for Death Row Records and had a client that wanted to buy the famed west coast rap record label that created gangster Rap in the 1980's that was made famous by Tupac, Snoop Dog, Dr Drea's the Chronic. Our client had 24 Million in escrow that the Microbanc team raised and CEO, Todd Spenla had a DEATH ROW Xbox deal ready, had Damon Dash signed up to be the Co Chairman with Todd Spenla based in our Tribeca office and a well thought out business plan to exploit and remix the tracks that sold to date over 750 million and then decided there was too much contingency liability to invest in the label while the record label business was in a bit of a decline at the time.

There was rumors of litigation from other groups that were competing bidders but nothing happened. Microbanc was never sued, served or anything like this, it was nonsense and just a bunch of rumors. We spent a year and over 1 million dollars in due duligence, legal fees and escrow agents etc trying to buy the label out of bankruptcy court and along with Warner Music and a number of other large labels we decided to pass on the transaction.

Todd Spenla

CEO

Microbanc

Guest

I sued Todd Spenla aka Microbanc in Federal Court and Won. See "Alliance Capital, Ron Goldberg -v- Microbanc Bank,LLC, Todd Spenla, et.al.."

U.S.

District Court for the S.D.

of New York (Manhattan), case number 08-CIV-9345.

Todd Spenla violates confidentialy, and interfers with business. If you wish more info on Todd Spenla contact me at 212-709-****.

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Anonymous
map-marker Brooklyn, New York

Todd Spenla Microbanc Investment Bank

This rebuttal comes from the desk of Todd Spenla, Senior Managing Member and CEO of Microbanc, LLC. The above posting clearly comes from a disgruntled former employee. It is poorly written and contains a host of misrepresentations and inaccuracies. I will address each claim separately.

Firstly, Microbanc is a New York based global investment banking group. Our firm specializes in advising and raising capital for micro-cap and startup companies in a variety of sectors. My colleagues and I have a plethora of professional credentials in the investment banking and advisory industry. Our past successes have enabled Microbanc clients to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund their respective ventures. Microbanc has a long list of success stories - over two dozen completed transactions. Even during the present financial crisis, we have managed to navigate our clients with successful outcomes.

Secondly, we are, indeed, a retained firm for consulting services which include: advisement, valuations, preparing institutional quality business plans and proformas, Private Placement Memoranda (PPM), subscription documents, and, of course, providing exposure to our Rolodex of accredited investors in the capital markets. We pride ourselves in being a very selective with whom we work, and provide a full range of services to our clients. Our goal is to be a "one stop shop" for micro-cap and startup companies - that is Microbanc's motto.

Thirdly, we participate in a number of charities. In fact, I am an assistant golf coach at NYU in my spare time, and receive a salary of $1 per year. I am very active within the NYU community, as well as my alma mater, Florida State University, where I received a full athletic scholarship.

Fourthly, Microbanc's corporate headquarters is based in New York City. We maintain a strong syndicate of partners that participate with us on a deal-by-deal basis. As such, Microbanc enjoys a tremendous deal-flow, allowing us to attract a "best of breed" client list with whom we work on a confidential basis. At Microbanc, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service and maintaining exceptional client relationships. This is our credo and why we created the firm in that the larger investment banks lack this one on one personalized service.

Finally, neither Microbanc nor I have ever been sued or involved in any lawsuits. If there are any inquiries about specific information regarding Microbanc and its activities, please contact us at the below referenced numbers.

Very sincerely your,

Todd Spenla

Managing Partner/ CEO

646-642-****

tspenla@***.com

Dennis Dannel, Jr

917-331-****

Managing Director

dennis@***.com

Sebastian Correa

347-393-****

Managing Director

sebastian@***.com

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Todd Spenla passed away on November 12, 2016 in Sunny Isles, Florida. The death is listed in the Miami-Dade Medical examiners website.

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How did he die?

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he cannot pay his rent since JUL. his deposit bounced.

wondering why he would rent a large triplex when he can only afford a nyc studio.

locks will be changed soon. he thinks he is high on wall st and looking for quick cash to finance his wanna be lifestyle.

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Microbanc raises capital for mid-cap and startup companies

This rebuttal comes from the desk of Todd Spenla, Senior Managing Member and CEO of Microbanc, LLC. The above posting clearly comes from a disgruntled former employee. It is poorly written and contains a host of misrepresentations and inaccuracies. I will address each claim separately.

Firstly, Microbanc is a New York based global investment banking group. Our firm specializes in advising and raising capital for micro-cap and startup companies in a variety of sectors. My colleagues and I have a plethora of professional credentials in the investment banking and advisory industry. Our past successes have enabled Microbanc clients to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund their respective ventures. Microbanc has a long list of success stories - over a dozen completed transactions. Even during the present financial crisis, we have managed to navigate our clients with successful outcomes.

Secondly, we are, indeed, a retained firm. The retainer is used during the due diligence phase and pays for consulting services which include: advisement, valuations, preparing an institutional quality business plan and proforma, a Private Placement Memoranda (PPM), subscription documents, and, of course, providing exposure to our Rolodex of accredited investors in the capital markets. We pride ourselves in being a very selective with whom we work, and provide a full range of services to our clients. Our goal is to be a "one stop shop" for micro-cap and startup companies - that is Microbanc's motto.

Thirdly, we participate in a number of charities. In fact, I am an assistant golf coach at NYU in my spare time, and receive a salary of $1 per year. I am very active within the NYU community, as well as at my alma mater, Florida State University, where I attended on a full athletic scholarship.

Fourthly, Microbanc's corporate headquarters is based in New York City. We maintain a strong syndicate of partners that participate with us on a deal-by-deal basis. As such, Microbanc enjoys a tremendous deal-flow, allowing us to attract a "best of breed" client list with whom we work on a confidential basis. At Microbanc, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service and maintaining exceptional client relationships. This is our credo.

Finally, neither Microbanc nor I have ever been sued or involved in any lawsuits. If there are any inquiries about specific information regarding Microbanc and its activities, please contact us at microbanc.com. Thank you.

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