Who is Richard Rinaolo

How does he get away with it?  Ever heard of Richard Rinaolo?  He is a seemingly upright citizen that lives in Lake Forest, IL; a beautiful, exceedingly wealthy hamlet 45 minutes north of downtown Chicago.  He has a wife and children, and attends St. Mary’s Catholic Church regularly every Sunday morning.  All seems well until you begin to dig.  There you find innumerable women, crime, debauchery, and a subversive culture.

Richard Rinaolo is charming, one of those men who can make almost anyone like him.  He is deadly with this skill, navigating a host of women through his life so expertly that he maintains the aura of an almost-saint.  Fifty years ago this wouldn’t have been so notable, but with the change in cultural acceptance of extramarital pandering few men lead such a successful secret life.  Over the years there have been a few narrow escapes with threats of sexual misconduct but nothing that Rinaolo couldn’t overcome with his formidable charm.  Rinaolo was recently involved in a love affair that lasted four years.  The woman was his business partner and there is some suspicion that she may have also been his partners in crime.  Her background is clear until she met him so she may simply have been one of his victims.  Either way, he managed to live with her for years as they traveled across the U.S., starting one business after the other and leaving behind a trail of customers that got, “ripped off.”

Where was his wife?  Is she involved in his crimes as well? Her name is Beth Larson Rinaolo; they met at the University of Chicago and she looks like the ordinary desperate housewife trying to keep it together for hubby while he cavorts and defrauds to keep her in the ivory tower.  But, could she actually be involved?  She has lied pretty effectively for him to the authorities on several occasions.  It is impossible not to questions the motivations of a woman who protects a man who is a fugitive from the law.

Richard Rinaolo has owned several companies in the past 5 years that have all been shut down amidst accusations of fraud.  He has managed to escape continually by throwing the light on others and straightening his halo.  At Fidelity Reconstruction he met Saint Claire, his most recent woman, and hired her to develop a business idea for him.  A former employee tells us that, at one point in the fledgling company, she approached Saint Claire and informed her that Rinaolo was taking 10K weekly from the account, that it was endangering the business.  Saint Claire seemed angry and concerned, she promised to set things straight.  According to the same former employee, this began Rinaolo’s powerful seduction campaign of Saint Claire, nothing was ever done about the money, and the company crashed leaving angry customers and owing over $100,000.00

Since this Richard Rinaolo has been arrested for fraud, theft, identity theft, burglary, and most recently theft of service.  But he seems to get away with it all.  He has filed for bankruptcy twice.  He lives in a house he manages to keep in foreclosure but never has been taken away from him.  He is currently running a business from his home that offers the same service that he did at Fidelity Reconstruction but it does not seem to be licensed or registered anywhere.  When are they going to catch this guy?

For further reading see these links:

http://www.22ndcenturymedia.com/Articles-c-2010-12-15-214653.114133-Police-Reports-Criminal-damage-from-a-planter-BB-gun-shoots-up-car.html

http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/225519-madigan-files-storm-suits

http://inyourcorner4.blogspot.com/2010/06/out-of-state-roofing-company-targeting.html

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/10/03/2-investigators-contractors-took-cash-but-didnt-do-the-jobs/

http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/pressroom/2010_02/20100211.html

http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1:2008cv06542/225700/11/0.pdf?1270770792