Investor alleges RealEats fraud, former employees take legal action, too!
Plus, election results in Waterloo and Watkins Glen, as well as state champion Waterloo girls basketball team in-studio, and a groundbreaking ceremony for new apartments in Seneca Falls.
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INVESTOR TAKES LEGAL ACTION SAYING CEO, CFO MISLED THEM ABOUT COMPANY’S FINANCIAL CONDITION
The dust may have settled on the initial outrage over abrupt closure of RealEats, the meal delivery service that employed more than 115 employees in Geneva, but that doesn’t mean it’s forgotten. RealEats executives have been accused of using fraudulent behavior to induce investment and failing to disclose the financial peril faced by the company to those investors. Now, a complaint has been filed in state Supreme Court in Ontario County by Real Bridge LLC of Indianapolis, who says RealEats CEO Dan Wise and CFO Rebecca Holderread fraudulently painted an “exceedingly rosy picture” and planned to use any investment to pay down personal liability to a senior lender.
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: REAL EATS ALSO FACES ACTION OVER MASS LAYOFFS
The company’s delay in filing a WARN Act notice means former employees could win legal action against them. The company shut down at the start of March, but a WARN Act notice didn’t appear online for nearly a week after. The notice is intended to give workers and state agencies time to prepare for layoffs of 50 or more.
LOCAL VILLAGE ELECTION RESULTS
Not all local elections were settled on Tuesday. In fact, absentee ballots will play a major role in deciding who the next mayor will be in the village of Waterloo. Check out two stories below on the most hotly contested races in the region.
FL1 SPORTS: STATE CHAMPS IN THE BUILDING!
NYSPHSAA Class B Girls State Champion Waterloo Tigers
The Waterloo Tigers Girls Varsity Basketball team are 2023 NYS Class B State Champions! Nate Sharman and Paul Russo are joined by coaches and players to talk about their historic season on the FL1 Sports Podcast on Tuesday evening inside the FingerLakes1.com Studio. It is the first Girls Basketball State Championship in Waterloo Central School District history.
Barstool Frank talks with Kyle Evans about MLB rule changes, Mets’ upcoming season
TODAY’S TOP-10: GET CAUGHT UP FAST!
Groundbreaking ceremony held for affordable, veteran housing project in Seneca Falls
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Hochul’s housing plan faces opposition from Democrats and Republicans
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DiNapoli audit critical of how federal funds are used to help low-income New Yorkers find housing
CDC says drug-resistant fungus spreading rapidly through US hospitals
Health benefits to all-electric construction? That won’t change public opposition
SEEN ON SOCIAL: SHOW ME THE FINGER LAKES!
Spring has sprung! Or at least it’s starting to!
