"Lacayo has been sued three times by City Attorney David Chiu for allegedly collecting money from immigrants in exchange for legal advice, despite not having the licenses nor the qualifications to do so. Last month, Lacayo was charged $600,000 by the San Francisco Superior Court for purportedly continuing to do this, despite a 2017 court injunction explicitly prohibiting him from doing so."
"Lacayo and Associates is sandwiched between a taqueria and a cannabis dispensary on the outskirts of the Mission District. If you aren't familiar with the name "Lacayo" plastered in large, bold green letters above the door, it would be hard to guess what was inside - signs on the face of the building advertising "immigration" and "taxes" have since been removed."
"Lacayo refers to his headquarters as the "Ronald Reagan Building." Indeed, a portrait of the former Republican president, donning a cowboy hat, hangs in the hallway. Inside, Lacayo's office is plastered wall-to-wall with Trump paraphernalia: bobbleheads, various iterations of MAGA hats, and large campaign posters. A T-shirt of Trump triumphantly throwing up a fist hangs on his shelf. A glass cabinet in the corner of his office is filled to the brim with Jesus figurines and a framed gun holster."
Leonard Lacayo presents himself as a tax notary, former CIA agent, White House advisor, political agitator and friend of influential people, while lacking a law degree. He has been sued multiple times by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu for collecting money from immigrants in exchange for legal advice without proper licenses. A 2017 injunction forbade him from providing such services, yet the San Francisco Superior Court recently imposed a $600,000 sanction for alleged continued violations. His Mission District office displays heavy Republican and Trump paraphernalia, and he frames his actions as helping vulnerable people despite legal challenges.
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