As part of the alleged Conspiracy, State Storage Group and ANG Equity Holdings for removed Upstate Holdings from its ownership position in Gator State Storage TB, LLC without authority or notice. The complaint claims that David Heil and his affiliates allegedly transferred properties to insider-controlled trusts, deleted Upstate from company bank accounts, canceled corporate email access, and locked them out of operations entirely. It further alleges that the properties were self-dealt for approximately $4 Million less than their appraised value, with Heil transferring company funds into his personal account. The case was later referred to arbitration, where Upstate prevailed.
This lawsuit is part of an ongoing multi-year scheme allegedly orchestrated by David J. Heil and affiliates to strip assets from co-owned ventures. It claims that Texas Built, LLC improperly acquired multiple self-storage facilities from State Storage Lubbock, LLC through insider transactions in which the defendants signed as both buyer and seller. The properties were allegedly transferred without notice or fair compensation, and appraisals referenced in the complaint show they were worth over $3 Million more than the sale price. The suit asserts causes of action for fraudulent transfer, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment, as well as operating a criminal scheme and seeks damages exceeding $3 Million.
This case involves a commercial loan of approximately $250,000 issued to David Heil for the balance of a self-storage facility in Pennsylvania. David Heil and related guarantors allegedly defaulted on the loan after failing to make required monthly payments and a balloon payment due in July 2023. Despite default notices and demands to cure, the loan remained unpaid. The plaintiff prevailed, and the court entered a final judgment personally against David Heil for $282,500, which includes principal, interest, fees, and costs.
This lawsuit involves a $1 Million loan Alpine Haverhill Holdings provided to David Heil and three affiliated Gator State Storage entities in connection with a property acquisition. SSG apparently couldn't come up with all the money to pay for the property, so the seller held a note for a million, which David Heil decided to disregard his obligations again and not pay. The defendants allegedly defaulted on the loan by the November 2023 maturity date, despite receiving monthly interest-only payments for over a year. The suit was brought for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, with claims for unpaid principal, default interest, and attorney’s fees. According to court records, the plaintiff later prevailed in the case.
In this derivative and direct action, JHOG Holdings alleges that David Heil diverted nearly half a million dollars by moving company funds from State Storage Lubbock, LLC into his personal account and refusing to return them. The complaint also claims that Heil blocked access to financial records, delayed tax documentation, leased properties to related parties at below-market rates, and allowed key assets to fall into disrepair and condemnation. The lawsuit asserts claims for conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment, seeking recovery of the misappropriated funds and restoration of JHOG’s management rights.
This lawsuit accuses David Heil’s entities of failing to close and backing out of purchase agreements on the same $8.75 million property deal not once, but three separate times—each after providing written assurances they would follow through. The plaintiffs claim they were misled through repeated delays and reinstatements of the contract, only for the defendants to default again and again without justification. After the third failed closing, Heil’s companies allegedly refused to release the $100,000 deposit that was contractually owed to the sellers. The suit demands repayment of the deposit, attorney’s fees, and damages for what the plaintiffs describe as a pattern of bad-faith tactics and blatant disregard for contractual obligations.
In another recent lawsuit filed in June of 2025, David J. Heil and State Storage Group LLC are accused of orchestrating a multi-million dollar scheme to drain assets and profits from State Storage Tampa Bay, LLC. The complaint alleges the use of back-dated promissory notes, unauthorized insider loans, and excessive distributions executed without required member consent. These actions allegedly left the company insolvent and deprived minority investors of their rightful returns. The suit seeks to unwind over $2 million in fraudulent transfers, recover misappropriated funds, appoint a receiver, and obtain injunctive relief, prejudgment interest, attorneys’ fees, and a jury trial.
David J. Heil is named alongside Cory Calvin in a corporate fraud case involving alleged sham entities and fraudulent avoidance of creditor judgments. According to court filings, defendants Elite Storage Holdings, LLC days before a major real estate deal closed, using the shell entity to sidestep legal and financial obligations. A Colorado court ruled entirely in favor of Brennan, LLC in the original lawsuit and awarded nearly $215,000 in attorney fees and costs. The lawsuit claims Heil and associated defendants never had the money to close on the property. Brennan is now seeking to pierce the corporate veil, arguing that Heil and Calvin treated Elite as a personal shield with no assets, records, or legitimate operations - merely a paper front to defraud business partners and evade liability.
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