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California/Newport beach-based former tennis prodigy turned finance expert, Joseph Di Giulio has been accused of issuing a fraudulent chargeback against Rhode Island and Los Angeles-based publicist Aidan Sowa.
The former college tennis athlete may soon find himself playing defendant in the court of law, as his former Publicist tells us that Joseph allegedly still owes him money. If he doesn’t pay it back, he’ll be pursuing civil litigations and or charges.
Joseph Di Giulio is the CEO of Newport Beach – California-based financial firm Di Giulio Financial.
According to an LA Times article written about Joseph, he was once a master tennis player who played well, and was lauded for his personal dedication and success in the sport, and it was implied people knew he would have a bright future in tennis, or life in general.
The article was written by Matt Szabo of LA Times, who followed for Di Giulios tennis career for years.
The life of Joseph Di Giulio changed when Joseph grew out of the sports lifestyle, and started to develop his skills in finance solutions. “He claims he will save his clients money and achieve great things for them” says Di Giulio’s former publicist, “…but the fact that he wasted my time and filed a chargeback for funds on services that were delivered, which shows that his true ways are the exact opposite.”
The publicist provided a copy of the chargeback and the contract via email, which seems to show a chargeback was indeed issued by a user named Joseph Di Giulio. “We provided some free services to Joseph in April of 2022, and in October, he said he wanted to discuss setting up a paid campaign to highlight his status as the new CEO of a company called Genelma.”
After Di Giulio Allegedly filed the chargeback, publicist Aidan Sowa says Joseph didn’t speak to him ever again. “He just went on his way as if he didn’t care about the lives of other people.”
“I will pay you guys back” said a text message sent to the publicist that was allegedly sent by Joseph
Credit card fraud is a serious crime in California, with severe penalties depending on the circumstances and severity of the case. According to California Penal Code [1], a person can face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of credit card fraud.
The code also outlines specific code sections depending on the type of fraud, such as PC 484e for stolen credit cards, and PC 484f for forging credit card information, which is a “wobbler” offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
Filing a fraudulent chargeback also constitutes as a unique form of credit card fraud, but in any case, fraud is a serious crime that should be taken seriously.
We tried to email Joseph Di Giulio, but he has not returned our request for comment.
If Joseph Di Giulio is charged for these allegations, it may seriously damage his practice as a financial advisor, and he may have to move back to practicing tennis. Until convicted or ruled against Joseph Di Giulio has rights, such as maintaining his innocence until proven guilty.
If Joseph Di Giulio comes out victorious his time, life, and future as Newport Beach businessman will live on, but if he loses he may find himself out on the street or inside a cell.
However, jail may not be too bad for Joseph Di Giulio, as one news organization reported that tennis is available to be played in some jails (though it is unclear if this is available in california).
https://www.voanews.com/a/inmates-at-us-prison-find-community-through-tennis/6738536.html
If Joseph Di Giulio files a claim against his former publicist claiming the allegations are untrue, he will have to prove or potentially face a steep California SLAPP violation. If Di Giulio can prove the claims are false, then he may be entitled to serve his former publicist a lawsuit and win.
To establish a defamation claim in California, you must prove four facts:
- That someone made a false statement of purported fact about you:
- That the statement was made (published) to a third party;
- That the person who made the statement did so negligently, recklessly or intentionally; and,
- That as a result of the statement, your reputation was damaged.
California law recognizes two types of defamation:
- libel and
- slander.
The main difference is whether a defamatory statement was made
- verbally (constituting slander) or
- in writing or other tangible medium (constituting libel).
The former publicist finished his statement saying he would give Joseph Di Giulio until June before he takes the former college tennis player and Newport Beach resident to the *supreme court – after serving him a subpoena.
Di Giulio ‘ s former publicist submitted the following documents. Private details have been censored but we have confirmed that they appear to belong to Joseph Di Giulio.
*All documents were shared by the owner with express permission for news reporting purposes and have been fact checked and verified*
This is a screenshot of the document Joseph Seemingly Signed private details have been censored:
The this photo shows the IP address * which has been censored * registers to Newport Beach
This record shows a chargeback from a user with his name:
And the following screenshots seem to show that the publicist did in-fact deliver:
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