Bankruptcy Fraud

Identity Theft

Real Estate Fraud

The Whistle blower

When Frank Stephens blew the whistle on corporate and government fraud, he anticipated justice. He was wrong.

All in the Family

After detectives laughed at Abigail Kelly's request for justice, she was forced to file a civil lawsuit to resolve the Identity Theft against her that cost her a job, destroyed credit, and debts that weren't hers. All these crimes committed against her by her sister.

Foreclosure Bailout Scam

It was too much when Idriss Bilaal learned the perpetrator who stole his home was an ex con that authorities knew was a real estate predator let loose on society.

When shareholders learned of the rampant fraud in eToys bankruptcy, the shareholders organized to fight back.

Hell After Identity Theft

Someone stole Carol Mixon's identity and ruined her credit. When she applied for a mortgage the answer was: Forget it.

Prosecute Al Seastrand

For 13 years, crime after crime piled up against his victim, and every government agency with the power and authority to stop Al Seastrand, kept telling the victim it wasn't their jurisdiction.

The Smoking Gun

Was it retaliation against a whistle blower? The evidence appears to say yes.

The Toll ID Theft Takes

Bill suffered a $2.2 million kiting scheme. No justice would be forthcoming. Five years later, he is still trying to rebuild his life, but has not recovered from the fraud.

Prosecute Jerry Ponsky

Many people in Cleveland, Ohio say they are victims of Jerry Ponsky and his many companies operating as a home improvement, a foreclosure bailout lender, or a home lender.

The Betrayal

A New York-based Bankruptcy trustee has kept Donna Sturman's brothers' bankruptcy open, billing it some $5 million dollars since 1994. Money that was stolen from Donna Sturman.

Probate Fraud

Probate Pit

RE Fraud Whistleblower

For John Thompson and his family, the dream of living in Monterey, and owning their dream home, seemed too good to be true.

It was, and Thompson soon found himself in the middle of a real estate nightmare that would lead him to blowing the whistle on his bosses for graft and corruption.

Disabled Vet Loses Home

Ken Martin is homeless after his bankruptcy attorney messed up his case and the foreclosure company sold his home without his knowledge.

System Betrayed Us

El Dorado County Public Guardian Sally Liedholm failed to protect elder people, that some died and others suffered while being robbed of their estate.

Easy Pickings

Irene Feaster survived so much and at 78 years tought life would be smooth sailing. No so. Real Estate predators forged documents to secure loans against her home and then didn't pay the loans. The lender foreclosed. Prosecutors said it wasn't their job.

The Perfect Crime

Kathy and Paul Fox were allowed to wash their hands of their crime in bankruptcy and then flee the state, after successfully using the bankruptcy court to fraud people.

The System Failed Us

Frank Jackson's story is a sad commentary about the unchecked conditions with Public Guardians and family law courts. The public guardian so grossly mismanaged his affairs that crack dealers took over his home and then the city tore it down.

Beware of Realtors

Teresa Crowe says real estate agents duped her out of her home.

Minnesota officials are watching to see if a state law is helping protect people from mortgage foreclosure bailout scams.

Hang in there!

WJFA offers the best insight for fraud victims on how to undo the damage caused by false or misleading credit reports and Investigative Consumer Reports.

Power of Attorney Fraud

For Love or Money

Brooke Astor has had it all: Married with children, social life, great philanthropy work, and a long life, and still alive at 104 years old.

But now she's on the cover of newspapers for elder abuse with her grandson accusing Brooke's son of frauding her out of millions to fund his businesses.

In the rainy predawn darkness of April 4, 1985, Delbert Edmonds bled to death from a gunshot wound to his stomach. A grand jury indicted William Westbay for the murder of Edmonds in 1988. Edmonds family is still waiting for the trial.

Myrna Opsahl

Myrna Opsahl walked into a bank to deposit the church funds. Moments later, she laying bleeding to death on the floor from a point-blank shotgun blast.

For three decades prosecutors refused to arrest and prosecute the known killers, saying "Insufficient Evidence to Prosecute."

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Anne is still trying to survive the brutal attack by a serial attacker in Sacramento that targeted single women, and feeble elderly men in 1998.

The attacker smashed Anne's skull, destroyed the hearing in one ear, and damaged her sight in one eye, just so the attacker could steal her purse.

A month later when Anne arrived home from the hospital, she found her cell phone bill. On it were calls to the same location amassing over $600 in calls.

Realizing she had the smoking gun, she took the evidence to prosecutors, who told her they'd be in touch. Anne is still waiting.

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