Author Event: The Napa Valley Lendvest Fraud Scandal by Raymond A. Guadagni

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This event is at the Napa County Library in the community room.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In 1988, a major San Francisco drug bust led investigators to discover a massive

financial fraud scheme in the Napa Valley. Hundreds of residents, many of them elderly,

had entrusted their life savings to a respected businessman. Their trust was shattered

when it was revealed that he had defrauded them. In the small city of Napa, the

devastation spread like ripples in a pond. It seemed that most people knew someone

who was financially ruined as a result. Join author and retired Napa Superior Court

judge Raymond A. Guadagni as he tells the story of the investigation into the discovery

of the fraud, the subsequent court trials, and the lingering effects on the citizens of

Napa.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ray is a Napa native who grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood. He attended Alta

Heights Elementary School, Silverado Middle School, and is a proud 1964 Napa High

School graduate. After graduating from Napa Valley College, he left Napa to attend

U.C. Berkeley and law school at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. After a

brief stint as a public defender in San Joaquin County, he returned to Napa to establish

his law practice, Guadagni, Gasper and Flax. Following a varied and successful private

practice, he was appointed as Napa’s first Superior Court Commissioner. In 2001,

Governor Gray Davis appointed Ray to the Napa Superior Court bench. Retired since

2012, Judge Guadagni continues to work part-time with the Temporary Assigned

Judges Program. He lives in Napa with his wife Ann, a retired Napa schoolteacher. His

two daughters and their families also reside in Napa. He enjoys spending time with his

grandchildren, writing, and music.

You can visit him on his Facebook page at: Raymond Guadagni

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