Michael Mastro

Michael (Mike) R. Mastro (born June 1, 1925), is a former American real estate developer. After declaring bankruptcy he became a fugitive in France. The United States tried to extradite him and his wife on charges of bankruptcy fraud but did not succeed.

On June 7, 2018, the Courthouse News Service reported that a  Bankruptcy Appellate panel(BAP) ruled that Mastro might  have to give information about his foreign accounts.https://www.courthousenews.com/bankrupt-tycoon-can-be-forced-to-reveal-assets-panel-finds/

Biography
Mastro was in business for forty years  in Seattle.  He declared bankruptcy in 2009. Mastro and his wife moved to France in 2011. They were arrested in Lake Annecy of the French Alps in  2012 and faced  extradition hearings. 
After several months of house arrest, they were freed in June 2013, by a French court that denied extradition back to the United States.

Mastro’s bankruptcy has been described as the largest personal bankruptcy in the history of Washington state.

Personal
Mike and Linda met in 1974 when they both worked at the People's Bank. They got married in 1989 after Mike's wife, Joan, died of cancer.https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2014/07/linda-mastro-the-woman-behind-the-man.html

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Category:Real estate developers
Category:1925 births
Category:Living people
Category:Businesspeople from Seattle
Category:Extradition