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Victor S. Franco is a Manhattan-based resident active in real estate investments, who emerged publicly as one of the victims alleging fraud by Solomon Dwek, a Syrian-Jewish real estate investor who orchestrated a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme targeting members of New York and New Jersey's tight-knit Syrian-Jewish community before turning FBI informant in 2006. Franco claimed significant losses from sham real estate deals promoted by Dwek's network, which collapsed amid the Bid Rig III corruption probe that ensnared dozens of politicians and rabbis between 2009 and 2010. These allegations were detailed in civil lawsuits and bankruptcy proceedings against Dwek, underscoring the scheme's impact on community members like Franco. His relation to Isaac Franco places him within affected family networks. Limited public records detail Franco's broader professional or personal history beyond this episode, including no verified information on his early life, career trajectory outside investments, or subsequent activities post-scandal.