This is the American Greed Podcast presented by

C and B.C. I'm Stacy Keach.

In this episode of American Greed,

Stephen Palladino runs a family ice cream shop and is trusted by his tight-knit Boston neighbors.

They loved him.

He was the pillar of the community.

He even lets his close friends in on a great money-making idea.

He ran a multi-million dollar financial business out of a small office over an ice cream store.

But Palladino is hiding a dark secret.

We want to talk to you about Viking Financial.

Investors in Viking now wonder if this is a mini made-off situation.

He needs to answer where our money is.

There's so much greed in this case.

So much money.

$55,000 spent at the Hard Rock Hotel in Casino.

25,000 on a Bahamas vacation.

And even when he's under investigation,

Kaladino proves to have no shame in gutting his own community.

Your investors are out millions of dollars,

what happened?

As I said, I'd love to talk to him.

Where's the money?

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