A New York businessman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Corning Federal Credit Union and its legal associates orchestrated a 15-year racketeering scheme that defrauded multiple companies and manipulated the judicial system in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
According to the complaint filed by plaintiff Steven Georgilis, the alleged scheme began in 2010 when the defendants initiated a financing agreement with Georgilis’s company, American Made Tires Inc. (AMT). Rather than providing a standard loan, Georgilis claims the credit union issued a two-party check requiring third-party endorsement, altering the terms and invalidating secured interests under the Uniform Commercial Code. The complaint alleges this tactic was used to intentionally destabilize AMT and prepare for preemptive litigation by the law firm Davidson Fink LLP.
The lawsuit claims that the defendants engaged in repeated acts of fraud—including mail, wire, and bankruptcy fraud—culminating in the alleged illegal conversion of over $3.75 million in assets from AMT on September 16, 2014, one day after the company made a payment. Georgilis alleges that the asset seizure was concealed through false filings in court and further legal maneuvers, including alleged abuse of bankruptcy proceedings.
Georgilis states that the actions of the defendants destroyed three businesses he owned—American Made Tires Inc., Ohio Made Tires LLC, and Green Diamond Tire Factory Corp.—and caused him to suffer more than $32 million in personal financial losses. He describes experiencing health and emotional distress caused by what he characterizes as an ongoing campaign of legal and financial coercion and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and requests that the court set aside prior legal judgments under the civil RICO statute, citing the Supreme Court decision Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. as precedent for overturning outcomes based on fraud on the court.
Georgilis is representing himself in this matter. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York under case number 1:25-cv-02417-NRM-JAM and has been assigned to Judge Nicholas R. Mastroianni III.