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Michael A. Santaniello

Monday, August 6, 2012

Chelmsford Lotto Winner and Alleged Oil Scammer Faces New Charges

The man who allegedly charged Wilmington residents for service he never provided just years after he won $1 million in the lottery faces new legal trouble.

The Chelmsford man who allegedly took more than $10,000 from Wilmington residents and other customers in surrounding towns without performing the services he promised is now facing new charges after police said he never returned a rental car he's had since February. According to a Lowell Sun article, police said that Michael A. Santaniello, 60, of 214 New Yorker Ave., Chelmsford, leased a Kia from a Westford rental-car company and never returned it. Santaniello will next be arraigned on the new charges on Sept. 5 in Ayer District Court on a charge of failure to return a leased vehicle, according to The Sun. The owner of Mike's Oil Heat Service was arrested last Tuesday and charged with allegedly taking $10,000 from victims, including a …

steve hone

5:05 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012

we are also glad you do not live in Chelmsford.   more ›

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