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Thursday, November 01, 2007

2 Brokers Sued for Mortgage Fraud

Michael Sheneman and his son, Jeremie Sheneman, were sued by Jack Stilp, James Aters, Kris Hinton and James Turnbo III for mortgage fraud.  Each of the Plaintiffs were looking for investment income to supplement their pensions and therefore purchased rental properties with the advice and assistance of the Shenemans.

According to media reports, after purchasing the South Bend, Indiana area investment properties, the plaintiffs learned that the price of the real estate was artificially inflated, that the properties were in need of repair- more so than had been disclosed to the them, and that the tenants living in the homes were there only to pose as tenants while the property transaction closed, paid for by Michael Sheneman.

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Posted by Staff Reporter on 11/01/07 at 04:18 AM
Mortgage Fraud LocationsIndiana • Total comments: (18) (0) Trackbacks
  1. Hi, My name is Merrian Hicks-Avery I ‘m also a scam byJeremie Sheneman I live in Indiana I brought house from him ,but they wasn;t his to sell I’m getting sue by the owners as we speak.

    Posted by  on  02/28  at  04:20 PM
  2. Jeremie Sheneman was not the broker as the “news” states.  What is the owner Brend Buck ever mentioned?  She made money off of every one of those deals that were sold.  Jeremie had contractors doing the work in South Bend and Indianapolis that were stealing from him and scamming him.  He is the victim in this in many ways.

    Posted by  on  03/23  at  10:17 PM
  3. who made money? i didn"t make any money the property wasin poor shape . yes jeremie did hiring contractor but I did’nt take from him . t so im saying if he did those people in southbend he is not a victim as he think......

    Posted by  on  10/19  at  06:02 PM
  4. wher is discounthomes did u change the name?

    Posted by  on  10/19  at  07:09 PM
  5. 100% Pashmina Shawls, Wlole sale and Retail World wide ship

    Posted by  on  02/19  at  01:30 AM
  6. My wife and I were bought a home from Sheneman and we were paying $500 Mortgage a month and fraudulently put the home on EBAY and some couple named Francis Sheibley and Deb Sheibley which I suspect bidded on the home on be half of Jeremie Sheneman just so the could fuck with us.  We now get threats fro Fran and Deb but my attorney says don’t worry they are trying to get you out the house to scare you and she advice to stay in the home while the DA and her work on this case.  She also said we may end up getting the home and never pay a mortgage again. “This is a personal warning to Fran and Deb”.  “If you come up on to my property and cause trouble or touch anything or force your way in, I’ll personally take my baseball bat and kill you with it”. You stupid mother fucker!!!!  And for you Jeremie, I’de like to kick your fucking ass right now.

    Posted by  on  03/23  at  01:13 PM
  7. All of you who were scammed in South Bend, IN can contact attorney Lee Korzan (574-288-1510).  He is familiar with this entire scam and has a lot of experience with it.  Good luck and tell him Michael Thompson sent you.  smile

    Posted by  on  03/24  at  05:08 AM
  8. We learned alot from our bad experience dealing with Jeremie Sheneman.  For one thing, he’s a crook and a scam artist.  He learned from the best, “his dad”. Both Him and his dad had scammed 4 South Bend Police Officers a couple of years ago and one of the officers, Jack Stilp lost alot of money from that dirt bag.
    With our problem we ended up going to court and we had to pay rent to the new owners.  We know that this just wasn’t right but Jeremie Sheneman created this whole mess and because of this we were told buy the Feds that this investigation will lead to the home as being up in the air one day. “no one will own this home”.  In a way that makes us really happy because the new owners will one day wake up and pull their heads out their ass and realize they too were scammed by Jeremie. But we don’t have to worry because we are out of this unsafe home and we bought another home through a realestate agent. FYI, Jeremie is currently being investigated by HUD and the FBI.  If anyone ever wired him money please call your local FBI office because wiring money for mortgage payment is illegal and he could be sent to prison for a long long time and fined.  If you go to ebay to buy a home like we did, it’s ok. Just know who you are buying from. If the seller ask you to wire money, report it.  Most seller’s ask for Cashier’s check or a Paypal payment which are ligit.

    Posted by  on  05/16  at  06:45 PM
  9. This is regarding Jeremie Sheneman and the home we purchased on EBAY last October.

    Jeremie actually used Someone named Mario to sell the homes on EBAY. The seller ID is marioario.

    Do not purchase any homes from Marioario.  I encourage you to go to Ebay qweb site and look up seller marioario and view his past listings as they ask you to wire money which is illegal. I want everyone to make a complaint about marioario.

    Thank You

    Posted by  on  05/17  at  04:12 PM
  10. Out of respect to the victims of this forum regarding Jeremie and his dad. I have heard of these two horrid BS guys and what they have done to people, but to address the casey comment, it is clear this chat has nothing to do with AJ Investments/Darren Boggs. 
    One thing I know is Darren and I were involved in some dealings about 2 1/2 years up until I moved to Indy when I was giving an nice opportunity.I left South Bend on great terms with Darren and I still remain in contact for sure

    Bottom line is for the last 2 months I keep hearing about this Casey dude on line, blowing smoke and talking shit . Someone that he hired, trusted, and paid beyond what they were worth. Every motherfucker that has stepped their foot into the operation that Darren himself created from scratch has SCREWED him over, STOLE from him and all his loyal clients for anything and everything they could until Darren realized the truth behind it all. It is pretty F***ed up that everything Darren established and accomplished over the last 7 years was destroyed by many others and all the results are being thrown on his lap like he is the only one involved.

    Casey this is something I want to say to you from reading some shit on a forum you started. Everyone character you convince to follow you with or without their identity listed (don’t have the balls so must be pussy, don’t you think. You are the only stupid motherfucker that was down right stupid. The shit you did, lol lol it is ILLEGAL and CRIMINAL don’t you know that. from what I have been told, darren and stacey aren’t stoopin your level, that have there plan for payback.

    what is the saying carma is a bitch. and one more thing, it will become quite clear in the end that you will be considered the cause of why all your buddies you turned in a little group, will lose too. God bless, you sick devious dishonest motherfucker.
    Now that I know you are still going at it again like a stupid MotherFu**r, I will look into it more often and you can expect my return.

    Anyone who reads this post, this casey dude is angered at Darren. Most of all Darren don’t even owe him one single penny. Stupid motherfucker.

    In my opinion, you are the one going down, what he tells me he has shit ready for whatever happens.

    If you reply, have no interest in even coming back no need to waste all your free time coming up with more lies.
    i could not resist any longer. Hope you get yours, it is coming for You

    Posted by  on  06/07  at  05:55 AM
  11. We’re finally moved out of the nightmare home at 743 Diamond Ave, South Bend IN 46628.
    This has been one fucked up place to live.  We thought we had been sold that home last October but we were taken by Jeremie Sheneman and People’s Choice National Homes which is actuall owned by some asian named Lawrence Wong but it seems like Jeremie did all there dirty work.  We made all our mortgage payments on time but the little fucker went and sold our home to some assholes on ebay named Francis and Deb Sheilbley. The Sheibley’s new they had been taken as well but they ignored it and took us to court so we ended up paying them rent until our last days at 743 Diamond.
    The Sheibley’s were lied to by Sheneman and were told that there were renters at 743 Diamond and I tried to explain to them they were not the first to be lied to in such a way but they had their heads up their asses.
    Little do the Sheibley’s know that the home on Diamond is being investigated by the Feds and soon that home will be up in the air and belong to the Feds.  We tried to by the home back from them for what they paid for on ebay but instead they had to be stupid mother fuckers and wanted to sell us that piece of shit home for $27,000.

    The jokes on you Fran and Deb Sheibley.  You should have let us buy the home from you.

    We’re in our new home now and loving it but I’ll for this day allways remeber the old fucker named Harry Baker that came over to our home in November and threatened to throw my elderly mom out in the snow if we didn’t pay $500

    If I ever see you Harry Baker, I’ll kick your fucking ass until you don’t get up anymore.  No one threatens my mom like you did.

    And for Jeremie, your lucky I don’t know what you look like, you fucking piece of shit and fag.

    Posted by  on  06/15  at  01:34 PM
  12. We just found out the the new owners, Fran and Deb Sheibley of 743 Diamond Ave went to court and sued us for $5000.  The fucking judge granted them a Judgement against us which means shit to us, they don’t know were we live, they don’t know where we work nor do the have personal information about us.  We don’t have anything to give them and we are not the only names on the deed to our home so they can’t take our home.  The judgement was Bull Shit, the said we cause $5000 in damage to a run down dump that needed over $20,000 in repair.  We had spent over $7000 in repair to that dump our selfs.  The lied up their asses. The are crooks and cons and that goes the same about most of you fucking people here in South Bend.  The fucking South Bend Police didn’t do anything to help us nor HUD agents.  So this has become fend for themself thing and we will stand our ground to the very end.  I never want to hear from the Sheibley’s agian just leave my family and I alone or there will be very very big troubles.  I have nothing to loose and I no where the Sheibley’s live.

    Posted by  on  07/04  at  03:27 PM
  13. JERMIE U BETTER BE WARE YOU ARE NEXT!

    Posted by  on  08/07  at  07:16 PM
  14. I cannot beleive the baloney I am reading here. I am shocked at the misrepresentation of all you people. You complain and complain, take matters into court, lose and still waste time blogging how you are right and they are wrong. I have personally known Mr. Sheneman and have found him to be a fully credible and stand up business man. Also if you want to be taken credibly, clean up your foul mouths. It does nothing for your case. Mr. Sheneman has helped hundreds of people accomplish the dream of owning a home. He has gone above his duty and wish you all would stop spreading lies about him. I think it is so sad that you make reference to all these suits against him when I am not privy to even one. Get a life people.

    Posted by  on  08/19  at  07:27 AM
  15. This market has made a lot of people that tried to get rich quick point the finger at a lot of people. I feel for ya. But two wrongs dont make a right. I am here to vouch for Mr. Sheneman and his operation. I am very happy with the results of my dealings with him. The comments I read are surprising to say the least. I have always found him to be very reputable. Though I feel bad for those that lost money when deals turn sour, no one could have seen what the market did. It hurt us all. Best

    Posted by  on  08/19  at  07:46 AM
  16. who ever email me you don’t know what jermime did to me true the deal went sour because he lie and didn’t do what he said that he was going to do so I think he is a BIG ASS LIAR SO GO AND TELL HIM THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY HE WON’T FACE ME

    Posted by  on  08/19  at  08:11 AM
  17. Jeremie is a liar. We were paying him $500 a month for a year until the note was to be paid off. We made 3 payment for Jan, Feb and March via wire transfer and he says he never received them so he sold the home from underneath us.  We kept all the receipts and he still says he didn’t receive them and the funny part is in January he acknowledged receipt of a payment when my wife called him.  He’s a theif and a con and should be locked up for a long time.  We’re not going to take him to court because our time is valueable and we are just moving forward with our lives.

    Posted by  on  08/21  at  11:03 AM
  18. Too bad the Sheibley’s can’t sell the home at 743 Diamond Ave, South Bend IN 46628.  They tried selling it on ebay a few times and no takers.  The house was a dump.  They should have taken our money when we offered to buy it back.  Remember one thing, we didn’t sell it to them, Sheneman did. We were just stupid renters.

    Posted by  on  11/15  at  04:01 AM

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A hearing was held in Topeka, Kansas in front of Judge Julie Robinson. Miller is currently being held pending his sentencing which is set for December 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.. Steve Vanatta and Hallie Irvin, Miller's codefendants, will be sentenced at that time also.

Several motions were heard this week. One was a motion for Miller to be released pending his sentencing. Miller's attorney, Jeff Morris, argued that the court had dismmissed with predjudice the matter involving Miller's purchase of a commercial lawnmower, violating the court ordered monitoring agreement. He also argued that Miller was not a flight risk and should be released. This motion was denied

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