Comments on: Busted Chef Chronicles Part 2: A Vermont Story

By: bob williams

bob williams — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000

this is all b.s. the lawyer is the one who committed the fraud and has a ponzi scheme which is ripping off a lot of people. he gets new “business partners”, has them invest in him, then he turns arounds and claims some fraud, has the partner/investor arrested, then disolves the business.

the lawyer is a scam artest. if it smells like poo, its probably crappy

By: FROM VT

FROM VT — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:12:40 +0000

I can tell you that I know I am just one of many people that he screwed over in Vermont. Dan convinced me to cash two checks for him that he received from “designing a website” since he had “lost his wallet” in NYC the weekend before. He needed cash because he told me he was let go from him job at Propeller for doing consulting work while at the job. I later found out another local company informed the owners that he was a con-artist.

I am still out the $800 that I cashed for him, although he did ask me to come pick up his flatscreen TV as collateral until he could pay me. Too bad there is a rent – a – center sticker on it. Wonder who is paying for it.

I have heard rumors that there is another girl with kids who was taken worse than I was. He moved in with her and pocketed their rent money for a few months and were evicted. Who knows how many other people out there he has screwed over.

By: HorsesMouth

HorsesMouth — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:23:38 +0000

If the past is any indication, I doubt the GF is in on it, probably just grossly misplaced trust.

By: in the know

in the know — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:21:29 +0000

Another business that Dan ran into the ground…and was probably doing the same thing!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/07/07/in_southie_tastes_didnt_match/

By: limey

limey — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:19:28 +0000

Does anyone have a link to all of those shameless restaurant posts, they seem to have been taken down from the site?

By: Jazz

Jazz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:18:29 +0000

1059g, I’m sure she had No Reservations about helping him.

By: 10596g

10596g — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:49 +0000

wonder if the girlfriend was in on the whole scheme too…

By: nabeguy

nabeguy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:55:53 +0000

His girlfriend should have taken a tip from Dan by freezing her own dough and letting him to chill in the cooler.

By: Cranky

Cranky — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:36:08 +0000

Wow, the girlfriend should have her head examined. Jeez, wave buh by to 50K. yikes.

By: curiouser

curiouser — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:14 +0000

Do we know if he jumped bail yet?

By: just curious

just curious — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:53:25 +0000

dead-beat dad??? how many kids does he have??

By: Same as Boston

Same as Boston — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:03 +0000

Dan Kaufman is a pathological liar,cheater and dead-beat dad. Maybe someone should email all of the shameless restaurant posts to his girlfriend. I’m sure that he is denying all wrong doing and blaming everyone else for what is happening to him. I would love to tell his girlfriend a few stories about Dan! I’m sure after that she will regret putting up bail and get away from him as fast as she can!

By: No One Of Consequence

No One Of Consequence — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:18 +0000

This NY Post article still says he’s the owner:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/…

The sign in the window is frickin’ hilarious!

“Busy Chef opened last spring, and it quickly became popular with a growing segment of Brooklynite: the harried office worker who appreciated the shop’s prepared, single-serving dinners.”
Yes, oh so popular with the BHB crowd.

My $20 wager that he jumps bail is still open to any takers. Cash only. At least the judge made someone else post it, not himself, but I wonder whether he gave her the funds in the first place.

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:51:49 +0000

I was told the story made National Public Radio — NPR — this morning (Tuesday) but I didn’t hear it.