Opinion ID: 77601
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Heading: The Investigation and Malol's Arrest

Text: 3 Special Agent Kimberly De Leo of the FBI testified at length about conversations with Malol. During questioning prior to his arrest in March of 2003, Malol admitted that he owned Majesty Moving Company (Majesty), which he opened in 1997. He said Majesty was a company that contracted with customers, via email or telephone, for interstate delivery of furniture and other residential items. When contracting with a new customer, Malol said the customer would provide a list of the items to be moved, and Majesty would calculate the initial price. Malol also stated that when the movers would arrive, there would often be discrepancies between what a customer estimated and the actual cubic footage necessary. This could cause an increase in the final charge. 4 Malol admitted that he opened Apollo Van Lines (Apollo) in his wife's name because there had been numerous complaints to the Better Business Bureau involving Majesty. However, Malol operated Apollo himself and his wife was not involved. He admitted opening Apollo so potential customers would not see his name involved or connect Apollo to Majesty. 2 5 Malol also admitted that, at the time of his arrest, he had two customers' goods in storage, due to their nonpayment. He said one customer's goods had been there for seven months, the other for a year. He told Agent De Leo, however, that he was not holding the goods hostage.