Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Jury finds Ex-City Councilwoman Guilty
Saundra McFadden-Weaver was convicted by a federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, of conspiracy and wire fraud for her role in a $400,000 mortgage fraud scheme.
As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, The indictment alleges that McFadden-Weaver, Emmanuel Kind and Ricky Hamilton participated in a conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders. The co-defendants agreed that McFadden-Weaver would obtain a loan to purchase a home at 301 S.E. Hackamore, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, where Kind would reside and pay the mortgage and other expenses. McFadden-Weaver sought to obtain loans in excess of the listed sale price of the property in order to use the excess funds to rehabilitate a property at 2518 Benton Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri.
Hamilton agreed to broker the loan for McFadden-Weaver knowing that she did not intend to live in the Lee’s Summit residence and would have no responsibility for the property.
As part of the conspiracy, co-conspirators prepared material false and fraudulent and misleading loan applications and documents in support of the loan applications, which were submitted to MILA, a mortgage lending company with its principal office in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. MILA approved the loans, based upon that false information, including Settlement Statements, Occupancy Declarations, and other supporting documents.
Despite not having seen the property, McFadden-Weaver signed a Residential New Construction Sale Contract to purchase the Lee’s Summit home for $400,000. McFadden-Weaver signed two Uniform Residential Loan Applications, applying for loans in the amounts of $320,000 and $80,000. In the loan applications and supporting documentation, McFadden-Weaver provided false information, including false income information, the false representation that she would occupy the property as her primary residence, and the false representation that she paid a down payment of $500 with her own funds.
According to the indictment, when McFadden-Weaver closed on the loans she signed two Occupancy Declarations, one for each loan, under penalty of perjury, falsely representing that she intended to occupy the property as her primary residence.
“Had the lender known the full truth about McFadden-Weaver‘s finances or residency intentions,” US Attorney Bradley Schlozman said, “she would have either never received the loan in the first place, or she would have had to pay a much higher interest rate.”
Hamilton caused Chicago Title to pay to Trinity Mortgage a broker’s fee of $24,475 from the proceeds of the loan, of which Hamilton received a commission of $21,865.
In June 2006, McFadden-Weaver and Kind both independently sought to refinance the Lee’s Summit property in order to avoid foreclosure. “At this point,” Schlozman said, “there had been no mortgage payments made in more than five months and, according to some witnesses, no payments ever made on the property. McFadden-Weaver continued to falsely represent that she was the primary occupant of the home, even though she had not spent a day of her life there.”
McFadden-Weaver and Kind executed a contract for deed for the residence, prepared by Hamilton, in which Kind agreed to purchase the property for $430,000 in hand and $3,200 per month for the remainder of McFadden-Weaver‘s life. McFadden-Weaver and Kind falsely back-dated the document, allegedly claiming that it was signed the day after the closing.
“In the end,” Schlozman said, “the refinancing was denied, the house of cards collapsed, the bank foreclosed on the property, and the FBI moved in”.
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followup to previous comment: The mormon contractor was Lynn Tuala:
LDSPro.com -Contact: LYNN TUALA, ANNA VASQUEZ 831 S NOLAND INDEPENDENCE, MO 64050 Phone: 816-833-7653 Fax: 816-833-7676 We would like to help you with your real estate
6. Independence, MO Pd aided and abided to her proceeding. Never submitting anypaperwork, and she quoted she was hired by a different mortgage financer each time.
7. Keys to my location. My neighbor’s Lamerle Ziegenhorn (maiden name) has a grandaughter that married the son/employee of Gregg’s Lock and Key. Gregg’s Lock and Key was hired (by me) to replace the locks on all doors including garage/shed after I moved in. I had (before carpet fire damage) video coverage of her son-in-law utilizing the key to illegally enter the residence.
8. Denied Letter of incarceration by the City of Independence Missouri Police Department. This request was for the proof that I was incarcerated during my last opportune time to submit a motion to set-aside-default judgement regarding my foreclosure. Not only my foreclosure, but also a falsified ex-parte filed by Lisa Beach, whom was an ex-employee at my RJ’s Restaurants LLC business DBA Suzi’s located at 408 E. Bannister Road Kansas City Missouri, 64131. As submitted to Indep Mo PD and KCMO PD Lisa Beach and her father Mike Beach illegally enterred my home (while illegally incarcerated; see next bullet item) and later informed me they were saving my property from other bands of thieves. However, I never got the bulk of the merchandise back. Including but not limited to original church documentation, employment W2’s that were all error/partial not complete for mailing 2005,2006 employees.
9. KCMO PD illegally incarcerated me while I was on my way out of town to texas delivering construction equipment that I had previously sold online. While incarcerated KCMO PD and jackson county had me listed as multiple SSN’s, multiple middle initials and spellings of my name (aliases).
10. Shortly after being placed into a KCMO paddy-wagon I was their passanger of a totaling-the-van, death defying accident. Not sure of the details. But I believe it rolled over at least 3 times on the grandview triangle 71 highway and 4-35. While receiving treatment at Saint Lukes South Plaza Kansas City location I was denied a phone call to my family informing them of the accident. I was also denied the ability to urinate.
11. While receiving a cat scan, or other type of medical assessment, I had a KCMO PD officer come in and issue me a violation for possession of a controlled substance, paraphernalia. However, I wasn’t issued this ticket at the scene or even discussed the possibility. The supposed drug paraphernalia was deductively planted by the KCMO Kansas City Missouri Police Department.
This was the KCMO South Patrol.
12. The falsified ex-parte issued by Lisa Beach, and another by Mike Beach were submitted after several attempts of retreiving stolen property estimated in the amount of $4278.26 or greater. KCMO PD South Patrol and Independence Missouri Police Department were not cooperative at assisting me in the situation. I invovled them each time I went to retrieve stolen propert from the following South Kansas City address/location: BEACH , LISA M , 117 E 113TH ST KANSAS CITY, MO 64114 13. I was assaulted and mugged, blind-sided, by supposed Tama Johnson Mormon Neighbor. In the incident I was knocked un-1conÄšscious after being hit over the head with a baseball bat. The Independence Police Department wouldn’t make a report of the case due to the infraction of me having an outstanding warrant. I am unsure, but I speculate that the warrants were ID theft, falsified, or in some way, involved in harming a witness-defendant-victim to illegally get to a warrant status. NO CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATED WAS Completed. INDEP PD didn’t cooperate with securing a brutal crime in there community! 14. Therefore, a fraudulent sale of 227 W. Southside BlVD. By Common Ground Realty to Ryan C. Jennings. 15. some of my stolen property could at this point be detrimental to a set-up of a staged crime. As follows:Attachment Related to Theft of Assets: Product Asset List from theft: INDEP PD REPORT AT 227 W. Southside BLVD 1-14-2007: Rare Collection of Coins, both purchased for resale and family heirlooms. Most of which I have named and had already sent into independence police department. Some of the coins were worth a significant amount of money!.22 caliber pistol revolver brand Taurus being stolen from my house! I didn’t have the pistol registered, however my fingerprints where on the gun. The gun was part of a souvenirs collection I owned. I also had a family .22 caliber rifle that was an heirloom.Rare books that were both purchased for resale. And more importantly family a heirloom/religous collection. Some books were stolen on or before 1/14/2007 and some were placed illegally/stollen by Lynn Tuala
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F. Jeffrey Miller Update - October 20, 2009
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.
Another motion heard by Judge Robinson was that of an escrow account containing proceeds from the sale of Miller's forfeited assets. This account has a balance of $143,000. Attorney Morris argued that his firm was due $100,000 for work done in the Miller matter, to date. The government argued that his 'un-itemized fees' were 'exhorbitant'. The balance of the funds, Morris argued, should be released to the Miller family to help pay for mounting household expenses.
The government argued that the 'Asset Forfeiture Provision' applies down to 'the last penny' and that 'the rights of the victims to made whole are of paramount immportance' and that no routine household expenses like Visa bills, are allowed.
Attorney Morris argues that there is more than enough assets to satisfy the jury's judgement of $2.65 million dollars. The government argues that the estimated value of his assets are only $1.4 million.
The government also stated that Miller has been paid dividends from a company Miller has an ownership interest in; Boreflex. From July, 2008 to present, Miller has been paid $330,509.30 from Boreflex, unbeknownst to the court appointed monitor.
Present in the courtroom was Todd Earnshaw. Earnshaw was indicted along with Miller and others in what is commonly referred to as 'Miller I'. That trial is scheduled to begin on January 11, 2010 in Topeka, Kansas.
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