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California Real Estate Developer Sentenced Following Plea to Withholding Documents and Concealing Assets

02/21/20

William Garlock, a 70 year old real estate developer in California, was sentenced on February 18th to one year and one day imprisonment, a $150,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service for concealing assets in a bankruptcy case.  Garlock pleaded guilty to a superceding indictment charging him with one count of fraudulently withholding recorded information and one count of concealing assets in a bankruptcy case.

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Former Mall Owner Sentenced for Fraudulently Concealing Rents in Chapter 11 Case

02/16/20

The managing member of a company that operated the Middleton Mall in Fairmont, West Virginia was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for bankruptcy and tax fraud.  Deitrich S.

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Americore CEO Invokes 5th Amendment Privilege in Deposition Amid Accusations of Mismanagement

02/15/20

Grant White, CEO of Americore Holdings LLC, invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination during a deposition Thursday before the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in his Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.  Americore and its affiliated hospitals filed for chapter 11 protection in the Eastern District of Kentucky in December, 2019.  The United States Trustee earlier filed a motion for the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee or an examiner.  The motion alleged that White was mismanaging the company, had lied to the bankruptcy court, w

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Ponzi Scheme Operator Sentenced Following Guilty Plea to Bankruptcy Fraud

02/13/20

The operator of a sophisticated work-at-home email scheme was sentenced in U.S.

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City Payroll Clerk Charged with Filing Fraudulent Document in Chapter 13 Case

01/31/20

As reported in the news, a city payroll clerk was indicted in the Southern District of Alabama on charges that she falsified city records and altered check stubs to make it falsely appear that payroll deductions were being made to properly fund her chapter 13 plan payments, according to the indictment.  Sheila Milner Jackson was charged with filing a fraudulent document in a b

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Connecticut Man Sentenced In Identify Theft and Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme

01/23/20

A Connecticut man was sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in a bankruptcy fraud scheme in which he stole the identity of a victim, incurred more than $200,000 in loans and lines of credit in her name, and then filed a bankruptcy petition to discharge the debt.  The defendant, Joel C. Riley, was also sentenced to make restitution in the amount of $211,142 and to a three year term of supervised release. 

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Real Estate Agent Sentenced to 6 Years Imprisonment in Scheme to Conceal Assets

01/07/20

Arvel "Ray" Henderson II, a real estate agent whose convictions we reported here, was sentenced today to six years of imprisonment and ordered to pay $37,589 in restitution for stealing public funds, concealing assets in his chapter 7 case, and bankruptcy fraud.  The sentence imposed will run concurrently to 30 month sentence previously imposed for money laundering.

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63 Year Old Debtor Sentenced to Probation for Lying About Ownership Interest in Oklahoma Property

12/31/19

Updating a case when wrote about here, Chief U.S. District Judge John E.

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