The State of Maryland has enacted the Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018. For debt relief companies the new law significantly increases the potholes and penalties if the company is found to be in violation of the act. The new law expands the net that companies may be caught in. In the past, the focus …
Michael mancini of Baltimore, Maryland was caught recently impersonating a bankruptcy attorney. it is reported he represented more than 50 consumers in bankruptcy before getting caught in his sham. Mancini, a high school graduate, was ordered by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge David Rice to pay $261,000 in fines and damages and close up shop. According …
According to the Maryland Division of Financial Regulation, the following companies are the only ones licensed to offer debt settlement services in Maryland under the new debt settlement law. This list is effective April 19, 2012. Freedom Debt Relief 1875 S. Grant Street, Suite 450 San Mateo, CA 94402-2676 CareOne Services, Inc. 8993 Stanford Boulevard …
Throughout the years we have assisted a lot of clients located in Baltimore Maryland to fix their unique debt challenges. Rarely will a consumer seek out our guidance praying that we will conclude they must file for bankruptcy. Most of the time it’s the exact opposite that will be true. Individuals come to us for a …
In early December Edward Lawson pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a $6.2 million fraudulent investment scheme. According to his plea, Lawson was the president of “Automated Revenue Creation LLC” and “Guaranteed Results Advertising, LLC” (collectively, GRA). GRA’s investment literature stated that it was in the business of providing advertising through “Narrow Cast …
Earlier this month, Dorothy Shields Talbot, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal over $375,000 in donations from her employer, United Way of Central Maryland. According Talbot’s plea agreement, the United Way of Central Maryland was a non-profit …
For my generation the term “Hard Knocks” cannot be mentioned without the memorable image and sound of Jay-Z’s “ghetto anthem” rendition of “It’s A Hard Knock Life” from the play Annie. My personal favorite lyric and image from the infamous song being: “I’m from the school of the hard knocks, we must not let outsiders …
Andrew Hamilton Williams, Jr., was convicted last week in Maryland of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a massive mortgage fraud scheme. The scheme, entitled “Metro Dream Homes” promised to pay off homeowners’ mortgages on the homes of their dreams but instead left them high and dry. According …
Amanda Miller’s list of “People I Wouldn’t Suspect of Fraud” just keeps on growing week in and week out! Amongst the already listed TSA employee, postal carrier, United Nations employee and firefighter I now introduce to the list: a newspaper deliveryman. A guilty plea was announced last week by Andre Tyler, a Maryland newspaper deliveryman, …
To the tune of a MasterCard commercial: $4.7 million in fradulent mortgage loans… $944,224 lost by lenders…. $1.2 million lost in equity to homeowners…. Shameful. Mary Ann Dean and Charles Donaldson pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme of Sunset Mortgage Company. Dean was …