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Description of Work: I am Tom Rector and I am a business man in currently employed Florissant MO. I loaned brandon $1500 of my student loan money while I was attending barber school with Brandon. The loan was for the purchase of a slightly damaged vehicle. Brandon was supposed to do minor repairs to bring the vehicle back to market value and sell it for a substancial profit. He never provided any proof that he actually bought the vehicle. I also gave him the original contract so he could make me a copy and he never brought it back to me. over the course of 3 weeks he offered almost daily excuses as to why he couldnt bring the copy to me. He also told me he had placed a copy in one of the drawers at my station, which I never found. Brandon befriended me in barber school and we connected well on the basis that we are both Veterans of the armed forces and both served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, not together but had similar experiences while there. My decisoin to loan the money for the project came after he mentioned that his wife was pregnant, neither of them working and needed to make some money. I was just trying to help a friend. I did get him to sign another contract. He wasnt making any payments and since it was close to the end date on the first contract, I extended the date 30 days to provide additional time to pay me back. I also waited 30 days after the contract end date before beginning the process of filing suit in small claims court in St Louis County. I have tried to contact him several times with limited success. Brandon has not attempted to contact me or make any kind of payment. Not one Penny. Even after telling me he had most of my money. One of his tactics to prevent me from getting my money back. As a Veteran, and if this is how he treats his "Brothers in Arms" I believe that speaks volumes of his business character. I realize that this could be misinterpreted as slanderous or libelous which is illegal and punishable in a court of law... Without proof that is. I have a signed contract, witnesses to the signing, will soon be in a small claims case against him and $1500 in student loan money gone, which I will have to pay back. Brandon also knew that I had planned to use the money to help cover expenses for my little sisters surgery, 3 months ago she had a mass removed the size of a mans fist. My sister and her husband were delaying the surgery because they could not afford it. She agreed to the surgery after I told her I could help by paying the entire bill. Love my family ;) In my professional opinion Brandon Rogers is a very talented con man. I have never been taken like this. I must say I was impressed with his tactics and level of skill displayed when asking for the money and especially with his ability to re-assure that everything was okay and that my money was coming and that he was man enough to come to me if he had screwed up. I even told him once that I didnt think he had used the money to purchase the vehicle and that I was afraid that he just blew the money. Just days after the loan Brandon and his wife went on a cruise. Brandon was gone from school for atleast one week, two if I remember right. If you would like verification of this contact me at rector_thomas@yahoo.com