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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Michigan Woman Files Civil Suit For Mortgage Fraud

Deborah Martell, Livonia, Michigan, filed suit against 17 defendants for allegedly fraudulent conduct that induced her to hold sole title to what was supposed to be an investment group purchase.  The subject residence is located at 28560 Swan Island Drive, Grosse Isle, Michigan.

The Defendants include:
Robert Turcheck, Grosse Ile, Michigan- ostensible seller of Swan Island property;
Nicole Turcheck, Grosse Ile, Michigan, ostensible seller of Swan Island property;
JS Realty LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, Grosse Ile, Michigan- Nicole Turcheck is the operating member and resident agent of JS Realty LLC;
Ronnie Duke, Fenton, Michigan- Duke is the alleged head of the fraudulent “investment group” and is the President, Director, Secretary, and Treasurer of Specialty Holdings, Inc. Duke is also a licensed Mortgage Broker who has been prohibited from practicing under his broker license from the State of Michigan;
Specialty Holdings, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, whose resident agent is John E. Melton;
Danielle Napper, Southgate, Michigan- Napper assists and coordinates “investors” on behalf of the Turchecks, Duke, and Specialty Holdings;
Alfredo Santilli, Dearborn, Michigan- Santilli is the representative of the title agency who closed the loan on the Swan Island property;
Metro-West Title Agency, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Dearborn, Michigan,whose resident agent is Sarah Fawaz- Metro-West Title is the title company who conducted the closing on the Swan Island property;
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a Virginia corporation conducting business in Michigan and issuing policies for real estate located in Wayne County, Michigan- Lawyers Title is the underwriter for the title on the Swan Island property;
Kassem Ahmad Zreik, doing business in Dearborn Heights, Michigan- Zreik is a licensed appraiser who provided the alleged inflated appraisal of the Swan Island property;
Zreik Investments, LLC, d/b/a Desktop Appraisal Services, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, Dearborn Heights, Michigan- Desktop Appraisal provided the alleged inflated appraisal of the Swan Island property;
Brandon Gubacz, Livonia, Michigan- Gubacz is an employee of Premier Mortgage Funding, Inc. and Countrywide Bank, N.A., who allegedly prepared the falsified loan application;
Premier Mortgage Funding, Inc., a Florida corporation doing business in Livonia, Michigan- Premier is the broker for the mortgage on the Swan Island property;
Countrywide Bank, N.A., a national banking association conducting business in Michigan and issuing and closing loans in Wayne County, Michigan- Countrywide is the lender of the first and second mortgages on the Swan Island property;
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation and nominee for Countrywide on certain loans that Countrywide issues in Michigan- MERS is an alleged necessary party as the recorded mortgagee and Countrywide’s nominee in regards to the Countrywide loans on the Swan Island Property; and
Amanda Birch, Southeast Michigan- Birch signed the purchase agreement as a witness to Plaintiff’s signature.

The First Amended Complaint alleges as follows: “Defendants are participants or are vicariously liable for their employee’s participation in a giant fraud scheme which resulted in hundreds of faulty mortgages, including the one at issue in this Complaint. Participants obtained the personal information of dozens of individuals, including Plaintiff, under the guise of becoming members of a certain “investment group.” In this case, the sellers, appraisal company, and employees of the title company, mortgage company, and brokerage firm conspired together to provide false information and falsify documents in order to inflate the value of this $1.2 million dollar home and close on the sale to Plaintiff. Plaintiff, meanwhile, was told to attend a closing as a representative of the investment group. Plaintiff signed documents and left. A few months after the closing, Plaintiff discovered that, as a result of the fraud, she was the sole obligor and owner of the property. Plaintiff immediately began efforts to remediate the situation.”

   

Posted by Staff Reporter on 01/30/08 at 06:46 AM
Mortgage FraudMichigan • Total comments: (8) (0) Trackbacks
  1. Great. keep going at it. I am presently
    considering the same actions against two mortgage Lenders. who have been engage in fraudulent loans.

    Posted by  on  02/06  at  08:31 AM
  2. Mrs. Martell go for their throats. I as well as at least 7 others are in the exact same position down here in Georgia. I had to go after the responsible parties pro se because after looking for months for an attorney all I could find were attorneys that would defend banks, brokers, developers, and other attorneys.

    Posted by  on  02/12  at  07:35 PM
  3. What a stupid woman.  She participated in the fraud, received monthly compensation...did this to other properties, not just this one. (see wayne county land records) Finally the well runs dry...she is stuck with some property and then files a lawsuit to say that the crooks screwed a crook.  What a joke.  She is handing her case on a silver platter to the FBI.  Auhh...yeah...my name is Debra...I was lying and stealing...doing things I knew darn well were illegal....yeah...i was paid...but then my partners in crime quit paying my mortgage and well...Im mad (stomping feet)...I gonna sue.  Just an FYI...the property value at the time of sale was the only thing that was not fraud.  The appraisal was not over inflated.  Rare for them but true.  However...since then property values have declined everywhere...grosse Ile is about 10-30% less than two years go.  As a homeowner..my property value had declined. Part of her suit is also against countrywide...she is the one that screwed them...by providing falsified documents...the lender is the one that has been royally screwed..lost tens of thousands of dollars...yet she is suing them...claiming that her mortgage buddy partner in crime and her fraudulant application should have been caught....yes...sue the lender also...makes sense.  See ya in Jail

    Posted by  on  02/26  at  04:51 AM
  4. UPDATED...UPDATED....This joke of a lawsuit continues.  How much money did you receive for your fraud transactions Debbie?  In the updated pleadings she is now saying that she was unaware of her name on two other properties. Gosh...Mr. FBI I wonder why I am receiving these checks???  FYI.  The FBI did raid the Turchecks home on Grosse Ile and seized computers and whatnot...guess who else they are looking at Debbie?  I do not support any activities from the Turchecks, Duke and Martel.  What angers me is the lawsuits against INNOCENT parties such as all of the Final Lenders in these cases.  This is costing them a lot of money in legal fee’s because of Debbies Greed plus additional losses because DEBBIE COMMITED FRAUD AND WAS PAID TO DO IT.  BECAUSE THE TURCHECKS COMMITED FRAUD AND ALSO MADE MONEY. If you think that this lawsuit is somehow going to get the FBI to be nice to you, think again Lady.  All of you are going to Club Fed.

    Posted by  on  05/28  at  05:27 PM
  5. Well dosent the birdie sound like one of the defendants. I do not know the whole situation of martell but tend to beleive she got fucked do to the fact I know how the parties being attacked in this case work. From much reasearch you can find them involved in a lot of fraud. Duke especially he can not even legally be involved in any realty transactions but yet seems to still doing it. The whole group will fuck you in the ass like you would not beleive.

    Posted by  on  06/13  at  05:06 PM
  6. You can especially beleive that duke has a lot to hide considering he is hiding from many people.  Not the best at it though.  If you look close enough you will find him.

    Posted by  on  06/13  at  05:09 PM
  7. I know many people who would like to file a class action lawsuit against the group.

    Posted by  on  06/13  at  05:12 PM
  8. How can I be included in lawsuits filed against Countrywide?

    Posted by  on  07/17  at  11:57 AM

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