Posted on 12/04/2013 2:31:40 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
It is amazing how many times it seems my phone number has been sold from one scam charity to another, even though I’ve been doing this for a couple of years now. It appears there is no honor among thieves any more.
It’s just as well, I think. Most of these phone charities just contract some phone bank outfit to make the calls, collect the money, etc. I’ve read where they (the charities) often only end up with less than 20% of the scammed take.
(Source: FBI) - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; et al, and the Palm Beach County Mortgage Fraud Task Force announce that defendant Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 52, a real estate agent and mortgage broker from Weston, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme relating to properties in the Versailles development in Wellington, Florida.
Judge Marra sentenced Rodriguez to 42 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. On May 11, 2012, Juan Carlos Rodriguez pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and financial institution fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h). A restitution hearing has been scheduled for December 21, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.
Over the last five years, more than 30 defendants have been prosecuted for mortgage fraud schemes in the Versailles neighborhood. Most recently, in addition to Rodriguez, eight other individuals have pled guilty and been sentenced in four related mortgage fraud schemes that were centered in Versailles:
According to court documents, the defendants used “straw buyers” to submit false documentation to various mortgage lenders substantially inflating the purchase price of the properties. As part of the conspiracy, duplicate HUD-1 Settlement Statements were prepared. One set, listing the real price, was provided to the seller; another set, with the inflated price, was provided to the lender.
The difference between the real price and the inflated price was either made to appear as if it were a debt owed to business entities controlled by the defendants and their co-conspirators or was made to appear as profits to the seller. The fraudulent loan proceeds were then laundered through multiple accounts to conceal the source and distribution of the money and were ultimately used for the benefit of the defendants and their co-conspirators.
Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the FBI, IRS-CID, U.S. Secret Service, Florida’s Department of Financial Services and Office of Financial Regulation, FDLE, and the Palm Beach County Mortgage Fraud Task Force. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephanie Evans, Ellen Cohen, and Carolyn Bell.
EXCERPT--A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls.
“the tv station is doing live reports from the scene this morning.”
Hoping to be the first to televise the tazer fights or other non-sensical behavior that could break out at any time?
“Most of these phone charities just contract some phone bank outfit to make the calls, collect the money, etc. I’ve read where they (the charities) often only end up with less than 20% of the scammed take.”
I’d believe it; now they have an index that informs donors how much of each $1 goes to the beneficiaries. Some are at or near 100%; I’d imagine the administration is paid from an endowment set up a long time ago.
Obesity is proof they are poor/leftist think
Very few were actually needy but most were greedy.
Seems they always had money for booze and smokes, though.
Fat people in lawn chairs with umbrellas and boom boxes...Poor babies...
Social Justice.
bkmk
When I worked at the Food Pantry, almost every car was a POS. We usually pushed aside the empty beer and cigarette cartons to put the groceries in the trunk.
Not that way now for sure.
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