They need to take his show car and anything else he owns to try and pay these people back.

 

Back story for those of us not in the know?

 

Civil cases for mortagage forclosures are pretty common. I'm sure they have picked up in the last 3-5 years with the amount of refinancing going on.

The tone of the news piece paints a slanted picture for something that courts are paid to address. The piece is lacking in factual information on any of the complaints because that would not make a very good shock news piece.

It's safe to assume the people in the story were short of funds to pursue the normal civil court process. So they were looking to leverage the news piece to get legal assistance. Not much else to say than let the civil courts address the two complaints which is what we pay them to do.

Rick

 

He is innocent until proven guilty, remember. That was a terrible piece of journalism. You could look at it another way too - that those people never made any payments and got forclosed on. There is no evidence at all. Just bad journalism in my book. The courts are pretty good at sorting out mortgage stuff - it's pretty well regulated by the feds.

They say he is hiding? Give me a break...

-Geoff

 

The mag article I have doesn't have pics of him in it...

 

The guy ahs a pretty serious rap sheet dating back to the late 80's. A leopard doesn't change his spots

 

reporters can suck the big one when they want to !!!! lol! twist a story any way they see fit!

 

Also, mortgages are highly regulated by the Feds. If we was ripping people off, he would be in criminal court. When they say that he is being sued, they are talking about civil court. These are just people who didn't make their payments if you ask me.

-Geoff

 

I agree with the deadbeat theory, but whats up with his lengthy crimianl past? Its not like those were little slap on the wrist type of offenses and from what it looks like he has seen the inside of a jail cell on many occasions. I wouldn't want to do business with the guy, seems kind of shady to me..

 

If you've read the MDOC details, it's one series of related events that carried a cummulative sentence because of the differnent jurisdictions in Michigan. Don't forget, simply violating a work release agreement is in fact, attempted escape in Michigan. So it's far from the gansta drama that's being envisioned here.

The time was served for minor white collar crime. Everyone has to set their standards for where and how they do business and who they do it with.

It just seems kind of petty to be druming on this event that occured 16 years ago when you put it next to clowns at Enron, K-mart, and all the other businesses problems these days. It doesn't rationalize it, nor justify it, but it should put some perspective on it.

Rick

 

Good point...

 

oh really?

"It just seems kind of petty to be druming on this event that occured 16 years ago when you put it next to clowns at Enron, K-mart, and all the other businesses problems these days. It doesn't rationalize it, nor justify it, but it should put some perspective on it."

Excelent point!!

I dont know what's going on, but it will work itself out in the end.

 

I would be willing to argue that point on a personal basis someday. Not everyone is immune to change.