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State to Seize Embattled Businessman's Luxury Autos and Bloomfield, Marlborough Homes

The former owner of Middletown's Us Restaurant is the focus of a federal probe into nearly $700,000 in missing premiums and nearly $300,000 in defaulted loan payments.

Connecticut's Attorney General's office has been granted a court order to seize property — including luxury cars and from embattled former owner of a Middletown nightclub and eatery, according to the Hartford Courant.

Earl O'Garro Jr., who along with his wife Kendra operated Us Restaurant at 412 Main Street, is accused of defaulting on a $100,000 state loan for his Hybrid Insurance Group and failing to pay $670,000 in premiums to Starr Indemnity and National Casualty, excess liability insurers for the city of Hartford, the Courant reports.

A Maserati, two BMWs, a Range Rover and a 2,681-square-foot Colonial in Bloomfield and a 7,338 square-foot plantation-style Colonial in Marlborough are among the property the state's Attorney General's office is trying to seize, the Courant says.

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Thirteen states, including Connecticut, have revoked or suspended O'Garro's insurance license following allegations of fraud and at least six others are considering similar measures, according to the Hartford Courant.

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