Bingo. That's when Doorbal and Lugo reached for an ax. for him, he's on an air ambulance flight to New York," said Ferrer. deadly plot that involved kidnapping, money and murder. They were living there and partying in his home," Ferrer explained. I just made a mistake," he told Roberts. are out there. who they claimed stole $200,000 from a gym member named Jorge Delgado . "They never returned the money to Marc Schiller. "At your peak you could bench 475 pounds?" wasn't involved in that at all.". Roberts asked. "I think he got greedy and started to get involved in Medicare fraud," said Jimenez. The boss was Danny Lugo, the same man at the center of the Krisztina Furton-Frank Griga murder case. And it so happened in this case there was.". You just don't. months before the murders of Frank and Krisztina, Schiller himself had "Lugo's gone, we have a warrant for his arrest," Jimenez said. We don't know where he is.". "If the police had listened to him and investigated, Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton would probably be alive today," said Ferrer. "He felt betrayed," Roberts noted to Levine. She knew all the gang's secrets and details of their The real-life crooks, nicknamed the Sun Gym Gang for the fitness center they and Schiller used, botched six attempts to abduct the wealthy businessman before successfully kidnapping him outside. her in front of you," said Schiller. It was that car that "This is where the Sun Gym was located. [18], The morning after the disappearance of Griga and Furton, housekeeper Eszter Toth arrived at Griga's house. The Medicare fraud that made Schiller such an easy target for the gang had come back to haunt him. Frank Griga's sister Trump motion to declare mistrial in E. 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"I'm a good hearted person. By May of 1995, five months after his harrowing escape, the Sun Gym gang had burned through all of Marc Schiller's money. I would imagine most CPAs in Miami have," she explained. [24] A month later, information about the missing body parts was supplied by an anonymous caller. Roberts asked Levine. Roberts asked Schiller. I think at that point, it was prudent not to.". "And he would burn me, you know, burn my skin and then he'd do this again and he was laughing so hard he was crying.". Even now, with " told him, 'The eagle has landed.' "They would place a gun to his head, they would take a revolver and Marc Schiller has just released his tell-all tale, "Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story". They're looking at the dent of the car, and they say, 'I don't know it's not a big dent, yeah but we ran him over, and we backed over him, I mean he must be dead,'" Ferrer continued. They had injected her with enough horse tranquiller to kill four 1,000-pound horses. "They plied you with alcohol for three straight days" Roberts noted to Schiller. And she screams, and Danny tackles her and injects her with horse tranquilizer, which they had basically bought to tranquilize the two of them," said Ferrer. Police would soon learn that Lugo was a burley ex-convict who had served time for running a phony loan scam operation. The Sun Gym Gang. In the frenetic haze of the intensive care unit -- burned and being a professional diver, was now shot full of horse tranquilizer. View the profiles of people named Jorge Delgado. The map was clear and it led straight to the Sun Gym gang. Delgado also came to know Lugo's codefendants, Noel Doorbal and John Mese. co-conspirator continued. him only to be surprised that cars were coming down the street and a way of convincing people to do things they didn't want to do.". The horror was just beginning. "And Doorbal's face lights up and says, 'Who has the yellow Lambo?' "It boggles the mind that they would return a chain saw that they Schiller is a man who cheated death and whose harrowing ordeal is now dramatized by actor Tony Shalhoub in the new movie. "It's a comedy, which is unfortunate, because there was nothing funny that happened to me," he said. They're looking at the dent of the car, and they say, 'I don't "And they said, 'I think we got another case just like yours matter of time. Roberts asked. Little did I know the trouble would involve me." Danny learned about the businessman from Jorge, who believed that Marc would be an easy mark to steal from. endured, that -- nobody deserves that," she said. caught the eye of Adrian Doorbal. While there, Lugo looked for victims and found others who he'd trust to help with his upcoming crimes. "Frank was the American success story -- an immigrant, came to this country with $10 dollars in his pocket and made millions.". [4], In total, there were seven failed abductions. his CPA license, he had a medical billing business that did very well," Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton, Danny Lugo and Adrian Doorbal were set Roberts asked Schiller. Then, Lugo demanded she give up the access code numbers to Frank Griga's house. [13] Krisztina Furton, Griga's girlfriend, was also at the apartment talking to Lugo in a separate room to Doorbal and Griga. The Sun Gym Gang were active in Miami, Florida, during the mid-1990s [1] and were responsible for the murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton along with the kidnapping, extortion, and attempted murder of Marc Schiller. And she just keeps going, 'No you weren't kidnapped, you were drunk, you hit a pole," said Ferrer. "And it killed her?" Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym Schiller and Delgado had been in business. Eighteen years later, the story was too much for Hollywood to resist. Frank Griga's yellow Lamborghini was legendary. Lugo told him to do.". "It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic because they made these "He was treated like a prisoner of war or actually worse. "What was the defense strategy?" We had a next door neighbor that had actually been to the house the last time they were seen alive and they invited her in and introduced her to two muscle-bound men that were driving a gold Mercedes and told them they were going out to dinner to discuss a business deal," said Jimenez. Schiller's testimony was in bringing down the Sun Gym gang. Asked why she didn't she call police, Schiller told Roberts, "I don't know. "If the police had listened to him and investigated, Frank Griga and doesn't have enough power. "They give him alcohol to drink. April 28, 2013 / 11:56 AM on fire. abduction and torture to nurses, doctors -- anyone who might listen. It was that car that caught the eye of Adrian Doorbal. They were now hungry for another score. Danny Lugo learned about Schiller from Jorge Delgado, who also worked out at Sun Gym. He hired Doorbal, a gym rat and steroids abuser, as a part-time employee and cut him in on a lucrative Medicare fraud scheme. Lugo and Doorbal's attorneys chose not to put on a case. "And they disposed of the torsos in one part of the county in oil drums," said Ferrer. either in their name or for their surviving members ," said Rundle. Soon, both men realized. The life Frank Griga had built on those dial tones of his sex phone empire. "They just told me, 'We got a matzo ball' " said Schiller. "They handcuffed my hands behind my back.". It would be months before Schiller could grasp the full horror of how San Francisco Bay Area. But it would be just a matter of time. but real sick," Schiller said. [4] However, a passing car scared them off. In the Hollywood during the federal fraud investigation. cars," Zsuzsanna Griga explained. " and then douse the car with gasoline and set it "We left at 8 o'clock in the morning. Asked if he was money hungry, Barrientos told Roberts, "Yes.". When this didn't work out, he remained at the gym first as the back-office manager in the weight room before ending up as a desk clerk. They moved into Odessa's Best Group Gym. The surprised Sun Gym gang moved in to finish off Marc Schiller. "They waited in a van and they had their biggest gym rats come out," said Levine. "What he accomplished should make "Doorbal was just an evil, he reminded me of just an evil guy," said Garafalo. bodies," said Jimenez. Lugo's girlfriend, Sabina Petrescu, was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. The ordeal wasn't over for Marc Schiller. He would have to urinate and defecate on himself.". The now desperate Sun Gym gang had tracked down their former captive. . [14] After this, Furton stopped supplying them with information. And for some inexplicable reason, none of Schiller's employees, friends or extended family raised the alarm. You can't [21], Eight days after the disappearance of Griga and Furton, Capt. "'They want you to come to Miami to report it,'" Schiller said. Schiller's brother and sister booked an air ambulance, grabbed their "He was signing over everything, including his life," Levine said. again and he was laughing so hard he was crying.". "It was like a service station he was changing the oil, washing "Money was there for him to make other people happy and to play, to buy toys," she said. Danny Lugo learned about Schiller from Jorge Delgado, who also worked out at Sun Gym. brother and bolted out of Miami, heading north -- not a minute too soon. "Yeah. Garafalo came and picked me up at the airport and they explained that they just had, you know, they had the bodies. As he left the court after the trial, he was surrounded by armed FBI agents who arrested him on charges relating to an extensive Medicare scam. "We got information and -- as soon as we got it, we ended up going to Golden Beach," he said. Despite his cooperation, Schiller still remained chained like an animal in the Miami warehouse. "So they went to Home Depot and bought a chain saw. "It was a sham," Ed Du Bois said. "I think being in a jail cell for the rest of their life is State Attorney for Miami-Dade County. Soon, Frank's big sister was on a flight to Miami. [4] For weeks, the gang made Schiller tell a series of stories and, under pressure, sign over all of his assets, making dozens of requests for his autographs. The ordeal wasn't over for Marc Schiller. was very beautiful. Shortly following, Bartusz contacted their mutual Hungarian friends in the Miami area to see if they knew the couple's whereabouts. Frank was completely legal.". "This is a warehouse that was rented by one of the members of the Sun Gym Gang," Jimenez told Roberts as they stood outside the building. But who would want to kidnap them? On June 10, Lugo agreed to reveal the hiding place of the bodies in return for the police mentioning his helpfulness to a jury. "This is where the Sun Gym was located. The house was now confiscated and became government property. kidnap and torture Frank Griga until he signed over every nickel he had Jimenez explained. "So we got a call that there was a missing -- a wealthy couple that was missing out of Golden Beach," he explained. "She was very beautiful. I wanna grow, I wanna be somebody very big'" said Barrientos. ", "And pretty soon they had everything the man owned. Marc Schiller has just released his tell-all tale, "Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story". Jorge Delgado worked with Daniel Lugo as his personal trainer at the Sun Gym. "This case was all over the news," retired homicide detective Felix But Griga paused before continuing. [4] The gang chased him in their cars, nailing him against a wall. We'll shake him down'" said Ferrer. Weeks would pass, However, the drums did not contain the victims' heads, hands, and feet which were crucial to the identification. Now, Lugo and Doorbal were front and center of two cases. "They never returned the money to "They would place a gun to his head, they would take a revolver and spin it and pull the trigger," Jimenez explained. "Schiller was tied to a pipe in a very small bathroom. and petty thieves who hung out at the Sun Gym. [4] Schiller was then strapped into the driver's seat, and Lugo moved into the passenger side and stomped the gas pedal and steered the vehicle toward a concrete utility pole jumping out just before the collision. Schiller's nightmare started just as he was about to head for home after work. and revealed to the gang where his assets were kept. Roberts asked. Garafalo, also retired, worked the case for his boss, Felix Jimenez. They backed out about a He calls his lawyer," said Ferrer. He described how important Roberts asked. The map was clear and it led straight to the Sun Gym gang. was a finalist in the Miss Romania contest in 1990, then came to the The prosecution rested. And what they contain are two bodies," said Jimenez. know, they had the bodies. We show them photographs. Jimenez explained. The case would be career defining for prosecutor Gail Levine. But catching Schiller to shake him down was tougher than it looked. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison but served only seven. friends or extended family raised the alarm. Join Facebook to connect with Jorge Delgado and others you may know. "Sabina Petrescu's probably one of the most beautiful women I've ever "And the message that he -- he had out there was you can do whatever you want. Beatriz Weiland and Attila Weiland were contacted by police, who began speaking to them. Fire!' "And Doorbal's face lights up and says, 'Who has the yellow Lambo?' Doorbal and Lugo approached Frank Griga with a phony, made-up So these geniuses take this chainsaw back to Home Depot and return it," said Ferrer. "The bodies were found that day," Zsuzsanna Griga told Roberts of the I would imagine most CPAs in Miami have," she explained. to respond to. [15] It was here that the gang dismembered and disposed of the bodies of Griga and Furton, with Doorbal doing most of the work. " told him, 'The eagle has landed.' Lugo's girlfriend, Sabina Petrescu, was granted immunity in exchange "They, I mean this whole time they were laughing uncontrollably. The third dose of tranquilizer was administered, resulting in her death. 'Oh, he comes into this dance club Solid Gold all the time. "Well, guilty, yeah, but -- I don't believe in the -- death penalty," He told her he was a CIA agent. On October 2, 1996, Doorbal was indicted and sentenced to the following counts on July17, 1998: Count I Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering 30 years, Count II Racketeering Life Imprisonment, Count III First-Degree Murder (Furton) Death, Count IV First-Degree Murder (Griga) Death, Count V Kidnapping Life imprisonment, Count VI Kidnapping Life imprisonment, Count VIII Attempted Extortion 5 years, Count IX Grand Theft Auto 5 years, Count X Attempted First-Degree Murder Life imprisonment, Count XI Armed Kidnapping Life imprisonment, Count XII Armed Robbery Life imprisonment, Count XIV Grand Theft (Second-Degree) 15 years, Count XLVI Conspiracy to Commit a First-Degree Felony 15 years[30]. Delgado wanted revenge and told Lugo that Schiller would be an easy mark. They make identification. "Doorbal, not knowing his own steroid strength, either broke his neck or suffocated him," said Levine. "They just kept punching me and they had a Taser and they kept Tasering [sic] me," said Schiller. Ferrer wondered. "Doorbal, not knowing his own steroid strength, either broke his neck or suffocated him," said Levine. Weeks would pass, and, strangely, despite his ordeal, Schiller did not report it to police. Petrescu would play a crucial role as police continued gathering more evidence connecting Lugo and Doorbal to the disappearance of Frank and Krisztina.

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