NEW YORK — Thomas John Sfraga would approach friends and neighbors with a promise of extraordinary returns if they invested ...

Investments in Sfraga’s Vandelay company proved just as phony as Vandelay Industries — a supposed latex manufacturing company — on Seinfeld. On the TV show, George Costanza concocts the company to ...

including Build Strong Homes LLC and Vandelay Contracting Corp. The name “Vandelay” may sound familiar to “Seinfeld” fans. On the show, George Costanza invented “Vandelay Industries” as the name of a ...

As for the name, Art Vandelay was George Costanza’s fictional character, an architect. Named after Elaine’s boyfriend Tony, whom Jerry called a man bimbo, this vegetarian sandwich, which was ...