Developer Sergio Pino tells friends: ‘Allegations are entirely false’ in FBI investigation
Miami developer Sergio Pino this week told friends and professional contacts he’s innocent in the FBI’s investigation into threats made against his wife and said he’s been frustrated by not being able to tell his side of the story after the probe became public last week.
“As some of you already know, certain allegations have been made against me and reported in the press,” Pino wrote in an unsigned letter circulated this week, days after the Miami Herald reported on the federal investigation into Pino and allegations that he tried to harm his estranged wife, Tatiana Pino, as their marriage dissolved. “These allegations are entirely false. I would have nothing to gain and everything to lose if they were true.”
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The typed and unsigned letter fills a half-page and went out from Sergio Pino’s corporate email account this week, according to a source who received it from recipients who know the developer. In the email, Pino, the developer behind Century Homebuilders, said his lawyers don’t want him to speak about the investigation.
The Herald reported that federal investigators are looking into the possibility that Pino hired others to menace his estranged wife after she moved out of their Coral Gables home and filed for divorce in 2022. Four men have been charged with stalking Tatiana Pino in connection with a hit-and-run incident last summer when a man driving a rented Home Depot truck rammed her car at her Pinecrest home.
Last week, FBI agents raided Sergio Pino’s home and business in Coral Gables as part of its ongoing investigation into the threats.
In divorce depositions, Pino has previously denied allegations of trying to harm his wife. The letter adds to his claims that he’s being falsely accused.
“I welcome this investigation because I have nothing to hide,” the letter read.
Sam Rabin, Sergio Pino’s lawyer, said Tuesday that he did not want to comment on the letter and did not have information on how many people received it. But, Rabin said in an email, “I have no reason to question the letter’s authenticity.”
In the letter, Pino said he is weathering the situation and is confident of the final outcome. “Please rest assured that I am okay and have complete faith in the justice system,” the letter read.
“This is a very difficult time for me, as I would like to aggressively respond to the allegations,” he added elsewhere in the letter. “However, my attorneys have advised me not to comment on the allegations until the investigation is concluded.”
