We hired Sismai Roman and Epicoutu design to furnish 30 apartments for us. We paid a $130,000 as a 50% deposit. This was back in June of 2016. The furniture was supposed to be delivered in October of 2016. That got delayed to December. We set a date and time for the install to begin. Then 1 hour before she is supposed to arrive Simai calls and says her movers got stuck at another project and they will need to push it off to tomorrow. Fine. Then tommorow comes and she makes up some Bs that the furniture is stuck in a warehouse in NJ blah blah blah. At this point we are very skeptical. We call the manufacturer of the furniture we supposedly bought directly only to find out the Sismai Roman never completed our order!!! After another 6 months of broken promises and deadlines we got nowhere. So we sued her. Won a 250K judgment against her. Spent more money on legal fees. Then she finally reaches out and says she wants to settle with us. Spent more money on lawyers to draft this settlement agreement which requires her to pay us back $12,500 a month until we are paid back in full. Agreement gets signed. She is supposed to make her first payment in 7 days. Sends us a fake wire confirmation. After chasing her some more sent us another fake wire confirmation. Then we insist she deposit a check into our account. After chasing her for another week she finally does. Can you guess what happens next? Check bounces. All in all we got our money robbed from us. We have tried every way possible to retreive our money but to date have gotten nowhere. It will be our mission to make sure that anyone who searches sismai roman or Epicitou design either in Miami or in Los angeles knows to stay far away from this scam of a company run by a professional con artist Sismai Roman. She is currentley being sued by multiple clients and currently has 500K in judgments out against her.
Sismai sigend a contract for 15k which was to be pre paid for an event sponsorship of relaunching her company. she has stood us up and openly lied about they payment being sent via wire, then her credit card that contantly was declined and then she tried with a check that counced and now we are waiting for another supposed check today which has not arrived. everyday its a different excuse on where the money is. she is basically lying to us sayin ghtat we will get paid and its been over a month
she has even offered to pay 1500 extra for late fees and she cant even come up with a payment plan to start paying down and continues to hide and run away from her obligations.
Helped the owner Sismai Roman sponsor a dinner with guests in NYC to promote her new interior design company. Her old company was called Epicoutu Design, as they closed down, and she set up a new company, with a new name. She claimed the new company was well financed by ultra high net worth partner in LA, and they wanted to rebuild the brand. She was suppose to wire money into our account before dinner, but sent a fake wire confirmation and after 5 days of going back and forth, admitted she forget to send the wire, and instead gave us a credit card. The only problem is that her credit card didn't work for $100, so after 7 days of going back and forth, she then sent us a check, and asked us not to cash for 5 days. We did cash the 6th day, and now it is NSF.
On April 11th 2018 a debt of $15,000 was due to our company Haute Living, Inc.
Sismai promised to pay by wire transfer this date, and was contractual obligated.
7 Weeks Later - And not one working form of payment:
A wire - to a credit card - to a check - back to credit card - to a cashier's check - to a credit card - back to a check - a bounced check - back to a credit card - and back to a cashier's check - - and the excuses and scenarios are mind boggling - and one would think - exhausting.
Just when you think the steam has run out - it hasn't - she's still got more unbelievable scenarios - bouts of bad luck - and technological errors to give you.
You can follow the 7 week roller coaster of non-payment below:
When a request for a transaction receipt was requested, for two days, an initiation of funds was shown for the morning of April 11th2018.
No wire transfer ever posted to our company account. After being reassured multiple times from Sismai the wire was sent and would post to the account.
Friday, April 13tth – our company banker sends an email stating there is no wire incoming.
Sismai responds that she has now cancelled the wire – and will send a credit card
She then goes unresponsive from April 13th– April 17th
On Tuesday, April 17thSismai resurfaces, and states she is flying back to Miami– but now instead of a credit card, she wants to bring check:
We agree (still believing in her) to have her bring a check the following day, Wednesday April 18th
She no shows on the 18th
Summary of Week 1: A NO SHOW WIRE, A CREDIT CARD THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SENT IN, and A NO SHOW on bringing a check.
Thursday, April 19th Sismai re-appears– this time boarding a plane for LA, and sending a CREDIT CARD Authorization form. With details to call her if there is an issue processing the charge.
The credit card doesn’t go through.
Sismai states that it is a 30-minute hold time to talk to someone, and then goes unresponsive
Friday, April 20thSismai let’s us know her credit card is ready to go
Credit card declines again
No dollar amount of any figure will process
Sismai disappears April 20th– April 23rd
Mpnday, April 23rd– Sismai reappears and says she doesn’t see the credit card charge on her end
We try the card again, and it declines, again.
Disappears
Tuesday, April 24th– Sends a text that she is so sick in bed with the flu that she can only text. And asks to take a check at this point. And asks us if we are entering her credit card information correctly for the credit card.
Week 2 Summary: A declining credit card – the flu – and a no show check
Thursday, April 26th- We offer a payment plan. No response
Friday, April 27th– Sismai texts that she has been in the ER due to dehydration and the flu:
Is flying to Miami on Tuesday, April 31st
Will have a Cashier’s Check delivered Wednesday, May 2ndtto our office
Wednesday, May 2nd– No CHECK NO SHOW / NO RESPONSE
PM responds after 8pm she has been in nonstop meetings – asks if she can bring a check first thing in the morning
Week 3 Summary: Back to a credit card, a lot of no shows, and then back to a check, and more no shows, and a hospital stay
Thursday, May 3rd– No response to calls texts – emails – late day sends a text from who is supposed to be a “courier: that he is on the way back to Miami with a check to drop off.
No courier and no cashier’s check ever shows up
Goes unresponsive
Friday, May 4th– Responds over email that the past weeks have just been so busy – and mocks the dollar amount of $15,000.00 as being minimal --- the courier service is bringing her back cashier’s check – and she is going to have her assistant personally bring it to us, “regardless of his (courier’) excuse”
Promises to have a check to our office this date.
At the end of the day – sends a message that she is at Chase bank, and can make a deposit while she is there
We request to have a check delivered, as agreed.
No Show
At nearly 8pm, texts that she is still at the bank (what bank is open at nearly 8pm) - and asks if she can leave the check outside of our office door if we leave.
Make a request to meet her where she is – and she disappears again May 4th– May 10th
Week 4 Summary – a NO SHOW Cashier’s Check – a missing Courier – and Late Night Banking
Thursday, May 10th– We make a request to be paid by 3pm or are filing a lawsuit.
Sismai reappears, and states a check will be to our office by 3pm
A check is delivered to the office in an uber that shows up --- but arrives post-dated to Tuesday, May 15th
We agree to wait until Monday, May 14th to deposit
Monday, May 14th– Sismai texts in the morning that the transfer she is waiting fro to clear in her account is not there – and can we please hold until the end of the day – Tuesday, May 15th– and says she will update at the end of the day.
There is no updated, and she is unresponsive.
Missing May 14th– May 17th
Thursday, May 17th– Sismai messages she can see the incoming wire – and the check is free to deposit Friday, May 18th
Check is deposited Friday May 18th - Just When You Think It's Over!
Week 5 Summary – A check finally arrives in an Uber – and is postdated – after a three day past post-date hold – the check she clears to deposit.
Thursday, May 24th– We receive a notification for Non Sufficient Funds – the Check Bounces
Sismai sends what is essentially a check request as proof her check as been taken from her account – requests a reference number
Requests a credit card authorization form to pay immediately by credit card – noting the transaction needs to be run in two parts
Never sends anything back
Disappears again from May 24th– May 25th
Week 6 Summary – A bounced check and missing again
Friday, May 25th– sends what is essentially a check request as proof she did write a check and it was approved –she states her bank has recommended she do a wire. And she can write it off, so it’s better for her.
We request to have a credit card sent as agreed on May 24th
Disappears May 25th– Tuesday May 29th
Tuesday, May 29th– Sismai emails in that her accountant wants to execute this transaction (now NEARLY 7 WEEKS OF FAILED PAYMENT ATTEMPTS) as a cashier’s check --- and they will even add a 10% late fee
Disappears --- sends no documentation or proof this was ever sent ---No response May 29th– May 30th
Thursday, May 30th– Sismai (writing as her accountant – Maria Peralta – with an email registered to herself – Sismai Roman) sends an email a cashier’s check has been sent out – it will arrive Monday afternoon,
Does not respond to a request for tracking number
Week 7 Summary: Bank Error, Check to Credit Card, and back to Cashier’s Check – more missing in actions – and an Accountant with an Email registered to her
Ultralux Interiors Reviews
We hired Sismai Roman and Epicoutu design to furnish 30 apartments for us. We paid a $130,000 as a 50% deposit. This was back in June of 2016. The furniture was supposed to be delivered in October of 2016. That got delayed to December. We set a date and time for the install to begin. Then 1 hour before she is supposed to arrive Simai calls and says her movers got stuck at another project and they will need to push it off to tomorrow. Fine. Then tommorow comes and she makes up some Bs that the furniture is stuck in a warehouse in NJ blah blah blah. At this point we are very skeptical. We call the manufacturer of the furniture we supposedly bought directly only to find out the Sismai Roman never completed our order!!! After another 6 months of broken promises and deadlines we got nowhere. So we sued her. Won a 250K judgment against her. Spent more money on legal fees. Then she finally reaches out and says she wants to settle with us. Spent more money on lawyers to draft this settlement agreement which requires her to pay us back $12,500 a month until we are paid back in full. Agreement gets signed. She is supposed to make her first payment in 7 days. Sends us a fake wire confirmation. After chasing her some more sent us another fake wire confirmation. Then we insist she deposit a check into our account. After chasing her for another week she finally does. Can you guess what happens next? Check bounces. All in all we got our money robbed from us. We have tried every way possible to retreive our money but to date have gotten nowhere. It will be our mission to make sure that anyone who searches sismai roman or Epicitou design either in Miami or in Los angeles knows to stay far away from this scam of a company run by a professional con artist Sismai Roman. She is currentley being sued by multiple clients and currently has 500K in judgments out against her.
Sismai sigend a contract for 15k which was to be pre paid for an event sponsorship of relaunching her company. she has stood us up and openly lied about they payment being sent via wire, then her credit card that contantly was declined and then she tried with a check that counced and now we are waiting for another supposed check today which has not arrived. everyday its a different excuse on where the money is. she is basically lying to us sayin ghtat we will get paid and its been over a month
she has even offered to pay 1500 extra for late fees and she cant even come up with a payment plan to start paying down and continues to hide and run away from her obligations.
Helped the owner Sismai Roman sponsor a dinner with guests in NYC to promote her new interior design company. Her old company was called Epicoutu Design, as they closed down, and she set up a new company, with a new name. She claimed the new company was well financed by ultra high net worth partner in LA, and they wanted to rebuild the brand. She was suppose to wire money into our account before dinner, but sent a fake wire confirmation and after 5 days of going back and forth, admitted she forget to send the wire, and instead gave us a credit card. The only problem is that her credit card didn't work for $100, so after 7 days of going back and forth, she then sent us a check, and asked us not to cash for 5 days. We did cash the 6th day, and now it is NSF.
On April 11th 2018 a debt of $15,000 was due to our company Haute Living, Inc.
Sismai promised to pay by wire transfer this date, and was contractual obligated.
7 Weeks Later - And not one working form of payment:
A wire - to a credit card - to a check - back to credit card - to a cashier's check - to a credit card - back to a check - a bounced check - back to a credit card - and back to a cashier's check - - and the excuses and scenarios are mind boggling - and one would think - exhausting.
Just when you think the steam has run out - it hasn't - she's still got more unbelievable scenarios - bouts of bad luck - and technological errors to give you.
You can follow the 7 week roller coaster of non-payment below:
When a request for a transaction receipt was requested, for two days, an initiation of funds was shown for the morning of April 11th2018.
No wire transfer ever posted to our company account. After being reassured multiple times from Sismai the wire was sent and would post to the account.
Friday, April 13tth – our company banker sends an email stating there is no wire incoming.
Sismai responds that she has now cancelled the wire – and will send a credit card
She then goes unresponsive from April 13th– April 17th
On Tuesday, April 17thSismai resurfaces, and states she is flying back to Miami– but now instead of a credit card, she wants to bring check:
We agree (still believing in her) to have her bring a check the following day, Wednesday April 18th
She no shows on the 18th
Summary of Week 1: A NO SHOW WIRE, A CREDIT CARD THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SENT IN, and A NO SHOW on bringing a check.
Thursday, April 19th Sismai re-appears– this time boarding a plane for LA, and sending a CREDIT CARD Authorization form. With details to call her if there is an issue processing the charge.
The credit card doesn’t go through.
Sismai states that it is a 30-minute hold time to talk to someone, and then goes unresponsive
Friday, April 20thSismai let’s us know her credit card is ready to go
Credit card declines again
No dollar amount of any figure will process
Sismai disappears April 20th– April 23rd
Mpnday, April 23rd– Sismai reappears and says she doesn’t see the credit card charge on her end
We try the card again, and it declines, again.
Disappears
Tuesday, April 24th– Sends a text that she is so sick in bed with the flu that she can only text. And asks to take a check at this point. And asks us if we are entering her credit card information correctly for the credit card.
Week 2 Summary: A declining credit card – the flu – and a no show check
Thursday, April 26th- We offer a payment plan. No response
Friday, April 27th– Sismai texts that she has been in the ER due to dehydration and the flu:
Is flying to Miami on Tuesday, April 31st
Will have a Cashier’s Check delivered Wednesday, May 2ndtto our office
Wednesday, May 2nd– No CHECK NO SHOW / NO RESPONSE
PM responds after 8pm she has been in nonstop meetings – asks if she can bring a check first thing in the morning
Week 3 Summary: Back to a credit card, a lot of no shows, and then back to a check, and more no shows, and a hospital stay
Thursday, May 3rd– No response to calls texts – emails – late day sends a text from who is supposed to be a “courier: that he is on the way back to Miami with a check to drop off.
No courier and no cashier’s check ever shows up
Goes unresponsive
Friday, May 4th– Responds over email that the past weeks have just been so busy – and mocks the dollar amount of $15,000.00 as being minimal --- the courier service is bringing her back cashier’s check – and she is going to have her assistant personally bring it to us, “regardless of his (courier’) excuse”
Promises to have a check to our office this date.
At the end of the day – sends a message that she is at Chase bank, and can make a deposit while she is there
We request to have a check delivered, as agreed.
No Show
At nearly 8pm, texts that she is still at the bank (what bank is open at nearly 8pm) - and asks if she can leave the check outside of our office door if we leave.
Make a request to meet her where she is – and she disappears again May 4th– May 10th
Week 4 Summary – a NO SHOW Cashier’s Check – a missing Courier – and Late Night Banking
Thursday, May 10th– We make a request to be paid by 3pm or are filing a lawsuit.
Sismai reappears, and states a check will be to our office by 3pm
A check is delivered to the office in an uber that shows up --- but arrives post-dated to Tuesday, May 15th
We agree to wait until Monday, May 14th to deposit
Monday, May 14th– Sismai texts in the morning that the transfer she is waiting fro to clear in her account is not there – and can we please hold until the end of the day – Tuesday, May 15th– and says she will update at the end of the day.
There is no updated, and she is unresponsive.
Missing May 14th– May 17th
Thursday, May 17th– Sismai messages she can see the incoming wire – and the check is free to deposit Friday, May 18th
Check is deposited Friday May 18th - Just When You Think It's Over!
Week 5 Summary – A check finally arrives in an Uber – and is postdated – after a three day past post-date hold – the check she clears to deposit.
Thursday, May 24th– We receive a notification for Non Sufficient Funds – the Check Bounces
Sismai sends what is essentially a check request as proof her check as been taken from her account – requests a reference number
Requests a credit card authorization form to pay immediately by credit card – noting the transaction needs to be run in two parts
Never sends anything back
Disappears again from May 24th– May 25th
Week 6 Summary – A bounced check and missing again
Friday, May 25th– sends what is essentially a check request as proof she did write a check and it was approved –she states her bank has recommended she do a wire. And she can write it off, so it’s better for her.
We request to have a credit card sent as agreed on May 24th
Disappears May 25th– Tuesday May 29th
Tuesday, May 29th– Sismai emails in that her accountant wants to execute this transaction (now NEARLY 7 WEEKS OF FAILED PAYMENT ATTEMPTS) as a cashier’s check --- and they will even add a 10% late fee
Disappears --- sends no documentation or proof this was ever sent ---No response May 29th– May 30th
Thursday, May 30th– Sismai (writing as her accountant – Maria Peralta – with an email registered to herself – Sismai Roman) sends an email a cashier’s check has been sent out – it will arrive Monday afternoon,
Does not respond to a request for tracking number
Week 7 Summary: Bank Error, Check to Credit Card, and back to Cashier’s Check – more missing in actions – and an Accountant with an Email registered to her
Game Over