Precipitate

That's not how building permits work.

pizzathrowaway7

There is an extensive underground network in D.C. I heard this property is relatively close to CPP, maybe they built tunnels...

Melitica

Subject already discussed on prior thread

AreWeSure

There's no evidence that picture is work "at Comet." That's an assumption you are making.

Plus Building Permits don't only list the company doing the work, they list the address and type of work. I don't see how the scheme you visualize would work

He got a permit, and used it to do heavy construction work at Comet, so there would be no evidence of the work ever taking place, but he had a permit at the time, with his business name on it, to do it...?

AreWeSure

the very first field on the DC building permit is for Project Address http://www.popville.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/permit.png

Also you have to have your permits displayed, it's not that someone asks to see it. If you don't have it displayed, someone can call the cops on you.

SIMONBARROW

I think Alefantis must know Tochilin, because it looks to me like Alefantis started this company just to do the work for him. You wouldn't do that for someone you didn't know. And it looks like Tochilin wanted Alefantis to do the work for him because he didn't trust anyone else to do it.

Good work on dating the construction at Comet, which I thought had been done when the restaurant opened back in 2006/7. I think this is also when the Dionysus murals were removed.

peteczar

he may know the guy which just makes it an even easier scheme.. if anyone asks if the work was done, the old man says "yup"

MeatballPizza

If construction took place at Comet, there should be a public record of a permit for that specific property.

But ... might be a theory that he got a permit for a different property and used that if asked. I'd think though it'd have address and time period of work to be performed and dollar amount all on the permit. Something to look into.

peteczar

yes, thats IF he got asked to show a permit. Also it wouldve still had his business name on it. Just the address was different. These people have friends everywhere remember, they can easily arrange something this simple to go through unnoticed.