11/23/2024 – An Introduction – My story,

probably close to the same as yours, begins in June of 2024, when a friend of mine and I were discussing travel plans. They told me that before I booked my next trip, I had to message Ryne Vitug because he had previously secured them really good deals. This next trip was going to be particularly expensive as it involved taking my family of ten, two of whom are severely disabled teenagers, to Disney World in Florida from Idaho and Colorado. I was blown away when the numbers Ryne sent me, nearly immediately, were about half the price of anything I could find. He was on it, accommodating to the needs of our handicapped family members, and continued to add extras like free meals, free tickets, and luggage reimbursement. And of course he emphasized ‘100% cash refund up to 24 hours before the trip.’

Through our texts, we had casual conversations about his personal life. He told me he was a lawyer based in Chicago for a company called Zurich North America. I did some background work using a third-party platform and found the information to match up. His phone was registered to a family name on a T-Mobile account, and his address in my system matched that of his parents, Joel D. and Maria Fe Vitug, at 855 Franklin Ave in South Elgin, Illinois. Long story short, I booked the trip without hesitation. That trip was more than three months away, so in the meantime, I booked two smaller, lower-cost trips that went off with virtually no hassle, except for some anxiety the night before waiting for confirmations that eventually arrived via text. Who could complain, though? The pricing was excellent, and the trips happened, which made me less nervous.

Fast forward a bit, and things slowly began to unravel. There was a business class upgrade that didn’t occur here, a plane ticket he forgot to book but promised to book for a day later there, and soon I was beginning to feel uneasy about the whole situation. As my upcoming Disney trip approached, it became clear that Ryne was not going to deliver. The night before we left I had nothing. Frustrated, I rebooked everything and gave Ryne a deadline of 10/7/24 or else I would file a lawsuit in Chicago and report him to the Bar Association (and any other entity I could think of). He apologized and insisted I would get my money back, as he had always done. The deadline came and went with no word from Ryne. So, I filed the suit in Chicago and began to subpoena every business I could think of to dig up information on Ryne and prove he was indeed who he claimed to be. What I uncovered was staggering.

Looking at the records, it’s simply impossible for one person working a day job and booking trips as a side gig to handle nearly 22 trips a day on average (and that’s just from his Venmo account), with close to $400k a month on average going through his account. Additionally, many transactions seemed very suspect, and it appeared as though multiple parties were involved. After being stonewalled and filing as many reports as I could, this is my best attempt to help anyone else out there to start their journey. I am so sorry we are in this boat together, but with our combined resources, we will ensure that Ryne, Joel D., Maria Vitug, and all their other accomplices get plenty of time in a comfy 8’x10′ for many years to contemplate their decisions.

However, I need your help building this case!

How you can you help?

1. File complaints with the same places I have. Click here
2. Send me your information and how much you lost so I can add that to our webpage and build a real list for law enforcement. Click here
3. Send me any other relevant findings or discoveries you want me to share publicly to aid others. Click here
4. Reach out to me with any comments or questions you have. Everything is confidential unless you tell me otherwise. My email is rynevitugfraud@gmail.com.

**Send your story and any helpful screenshots to rynevitugfraud@gmail.com**

Helpful questions to answer

1. How much money have you lost?

2. What service did you purchase

3. When did this occur?

4. What state do you live in?

5. Were you sent any notifications from Ryne lawyers indicating a desire to pay you your money back?

6. How did you come in contact with Ryne?

7. Anything else you would like to share that I can make public to aid others? I will hide your info on anything sent. (screenshots, emails, personal information, unique facts, etc.)**