What REALLY Uncorked Cork & Olive?
It appears that there’s more to the closing of the Cork & Olive Franchise Corp. HQ than is being reported. Responding to yesterday’s post, Cork & Olive Wine Shop Franchise Owners Left High & Dry, Wanda commented:
Mike Probst doesn’t care about his 40 employees he fired or all the money the franchisees have spent. He only cares about himself. I looked his name up in myflorida.com and found out he has a judgement filed against him and the company for $800,000. and another one for 30,000. He also sold franchises when he had pending lawsuits against him and the company. He is the worst kind of human. He preys on people that want a better life for themselves and their families. Instead of him giving up controlling interest he would rather put these good peoples lives and families in jepardy. So as I see it he should go to jail. Why isn’t the FTC stepping in and finding out why he was able to sell to innocent people when he knew the company was going under?
A search of the Florida Corporations database indeed revealed two judgements:
| Document Number: J07000400286 Status: ACTIVE Case Number: 07-8509 Name of Court: HILLSBOROUGH – CIRCUIT/CIVIL File Date: 12/11/2007 Date of Entry: 11/30/2007 Expiration Date: 12/11/2012 Amount Due: $897,450.53 Interest Rate: 11.00 % Name And Address of Judgment Creditor (Plaintiff) |
Name And Address of Judgment Debtor(s) (Defendant(s)) ESTATE WINE GROUP, INC. 12070 RACE TRACK ROAD TAMPA, FL 33626 Document Number: P02000125981 FEI Number: 760732313 CORK & OLIVE PROBST , MICHAEL |
| Document Number J08000128752 Status ACTIVE Case Number 1000000076155 Name of Court 018533 000623 File Date 04/16/2008 Date of Entry 03/28/2008 Expiration Date 04/16/2028 Amount Due $ 11,226.56 Name And Address of Judgment Creditor (Plaintiff) |
Name And Address of Judgment Debtor(s) (Defendant(s)) CORK & OLIVE FRANCHISE CORP 12070 RACE TRACK RD TAMPA, FL 336263109 US Document Number: P05000074613 FEI Number: 562515419 |
BELLWETHER PROPERTIES OF FLORIDA L P V. ESTATE WINE GROUP INC
Def PROBST MICHAEL Uniform Case: 522007CA006254XXCICI Pinellas Case: 07006254CI
Case Type: DELIN TENANT Filing Date: 07/02/07 Judgement date: 09/06/07
PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC v. ESTATE WINE GROUP INC
Case Type: DELIN TENANT Filing Date: 10/29/07
NORTHWOOD PLAZA LLC v. ESTATE WINE GROUP INC
Case Type: DELIN TENANT Filing Date: 06/12/08
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