CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST "ROBO-SIGNERS" in Nevada...why not in CALI?

FIRM COMMENTARY:

Yesterday on Wednesday, November 16th, JOHN P. KELLEHER, Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Nevada, filed the first in what may be a long series of criminal charges in an alleged robo-signing case in the name of Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General of the State of Nevada.  This office has previously met with Mr. Kelleher to discuss the fraudulent practices of lenders and banks as the attempt to create the illusion of valid mortgage loan transfers.  As promised, Nevada is now targeting this criminal activity.  California homeowners are encouraged to contact our Attorney General, Kamala Harris and encourage her to take the same legal actions against robo-signers.  To read the actual criminal indictment, click http://alfn.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Docs/Nevada-Robosigning-Indicment.pdf.

"According to the indictment, defendant Gary Trafford, a California resident, is charged with 102 counts of offering false instruments for recording (category C felony); false certification on certain instruments (category D felony); and notarization of the signature of a person not in the presence of a notary public (a gross misdemeanor). The indictment charges defendant Gerri Sheppard, also a California resident, with 100 counts of offering false instruments for recording (category C felony); false certification on certain instruments (category D felony); and notarization of the signature of a person not in the presence of a notary public (a gross misdemeanor). The indictment alleges that both defendants directed the fraudulent notarization and filing of documents which were used to initiate foreclosure on local homeowners."

"The State alleges that these documents, referred to as Notices of Default, or "NODs", were prepared locally. The State alleges that the defendants directed employees under their supervision, to forge their names on foreclosure documents, then notarize the signatures they just forged, thereby fraudulently attesting that the defendants actually signed the documents, which was untrue and in violation of State law. The defendants then allegedly directed the employees under their supervision to file the fraudulent documents with the Clark County Recorder's office, to be used to start foreclosures on homes throughout the County. The indictment also alleges that these crimes were done in secret in order to avoid detection."

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