Here’s exactly the kind of bail bondsman that you absolutely don’t want!
Fortunately, these kinds of guys are few and far between. In any case, there is at least one lesson to be learned from the news article below . . . Always, always use a licensed bail bondsman!
Money-hungry bondsman sends clients back to jail, charges expensive fees for ‘violations’
–Saturday, August 3, 2013, 2:00 AM
George Zouvelos, 45–NYDailyNews.com
Brooklyn-based bondsman George Zouvelos, 45, has beensending defendants back to the slammer for frivolous reasons, and then charging them through the nose for it. Zouvelos was questioned under oath Friday, with a judge calling his shady practices ‘reprehensible.’
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Justice John Ingram called the burly bailer’s shady business practices “reprehensible” when questioning him under oath Friday.Zouvelos’ unlicensed company, Spartan Bail, has had 114 complaints filed against it with the state’s Department of Finance since 2005 — more than any other firm in the state.
