I ran a courier service in the 1990's and Carlos Scandiffio was a client who ran a translations firm located on the 2600 block of Connecticut Avenue. He owed my company a few hundred dollars, and one day, he locked his doors, changed his locks, and his employees were all out their money and their jobs. I also did not get paid. He is the kind of thief who takes your money and runs back to his luxury home in North Bethesda or his condo in Upper NW, Washington, DC, while pretending to be a legitimate businessman. He is a crook, plain and simple. Don't give him any money until you receive your services or you risk losing it all.
On Sat., March 16, 2002, the Washington Post reported in the Metro section:
$780,000.00 Granted in Tralslation Dispute
A Montgomery County jury this week awarded about $780,000 to a woman who sued an international translation firm in Rockville for contract fraud, alleging that it tried to avoid paying her what she was owed under a profit-sharing agreement.
Sylvie M. Clements, of Bethesda, a former vice president of All-World Language Consultants Inc., claimed that she was instrumental in getting the firm two major government contracts. The president of the company, Carlos Scandiffio, was named the Small Business Administrations's business person of the year in 2001.
The jury awarded Clements nearly $400,000 in contract and wage damages and then doubled the award under the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law. The jury found that there was no reason for the firm to have withheld payments from Clements.