Tombstone company owner accused of stealing funds to finance wedding, homes

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The owner of an embattled Chicago tombstone company is now under more fire in a lawsuit filed by members of her own family of stealing assets to fund a lavish…

Gast Monuments has racked up more than a hundred complaints from grieving families who never received grave markers for their deceased loved onesis now under more fire in a lawsuit filed by members of her own family of stealing assets to fund a lavish lifestyle.

“She's very sorry about this, you know, and then she says, ‘as a matter of fact, the monument's on the truck’,” Gruzalski said. Among the latest is a suit filed by three siblings who ordered a $300,000 mausoleum from the company in 2019. The project has not been started as of 2024. Similar accusations are spelled out in a lawsuit filed by Gast’s uncles. That lawsuit accuses Gast, along with her brother and father, of draining company assets to fund personal expenses likeThe lawsuit claims the trio took out more than $1 million in loans against the business, including a mortgage on their 1900 W. Peterson Ave. location in 2022.

 

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