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Seeking Victim Information in AEM Fraud Investigation

Seeking Victim Information in AEM Fraud Investigation

The FBI’s Cleveland Division is seeking to identify potential victims of Mark Dente doing business as AEM Services LLC. AEM Services LLC purported to manage a portfolio of real estate investments. Mark Dente, doing business as AEM Services LLC, sold investors securities in this portfolio in the form of promissory notes and LLC interests. The investments were issued from various entities owned or controlled by Mark Dente.

If you were victimized by Mark Dente or other employees of AEM Services LLC (including but not limited to Jason Ramus, Brian Buckham or Mark Gathagan), or have information relevant to this investigation, please fill out this short form.

If you know of someone else who has possibly been victimized by AEM Services LLC, please encourage them to complete the form themselves.

The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates. Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. Your responses are voluntary but may be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim. Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. All identities of victims will be kept confidential.

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If you have any supporting documentation to provide, such as investment literature provided by your contact, copies of checks or wire transfers, tax documents related to the investment, or relevant copies of communication, please send copies of those materials to AEMVictims@fbi.gov and include your first and last name in the subject line.

Reporting of AEM Investments

Please provide the following information regarding your investment(s) made through Mark Dente, AEM, or associated partners. If you have more than three investments to report, please report only your most recent investments and contact the FBI at AEMVictims@fbi.gov to provide additional information.

Investment 1 (most recent):
Investment 2:
Investment 3:

Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj