Guma Aguiar, the troubled millionaire who gave generously to Chabad and Zionist Orthodox causes, primarily in Israel and in south Florida, disappeared at sea in the summer of 2012 in what many saw as a suicide or accident – but others see as an attempt to escape a troubled marriage by faking his death. Now Aguiar's wife and mother are in court, fighting over approximately $100 million. But did Guma, who had a history of both mental illness and brilliant business decisions, use Jewish religious charities to launder money, hide it from his wife and then fake his own death?
Guma Aguiar, the troubled millionaire who gave generously to Chabad and Zionist Orthodox causes, primarily in Israel and in south Florida, disappeared at sea in the summer of 2012 in what many see as a suicide or accident – but others see as an attempt to escape a troubled marriage by faking his own death.
Now Aguiar's wife and mother are in court, fighting over approximately $100 million. But did Guma, who had a history of both mental illness and brilliant business decisions, use Jewish religious charities to launder money, hide it from his wife and then fake his own death?
Right now, all we know for sure is that his empty boat was found run aground on a south Florida beach after Guma took it out late one evening in the summer of 2012:
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