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Purported Alabama ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted Of Trying To Pay Off Mortgage With Bogus Note For $10 Million

A 64-year-old Alabama man who tried to pay off his mortgage by mailing a bogus “bonded promissory note” for $10 million to a mortgage-servicing company has been convicted of fraud, the office of U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama said. Donald Joe Barber of Pinson faces up to 25 years…

Apr 17, 2013
UPDATE: Charles Daniel Koss, Purported Missouri ‘Sovereign Citizen,’ Convicted In ‘Redemption’ Swindle Against Social Security

Charles Daniel Koss, a 63-year-old purported “sovereign citizen” from Independence, Mo., faces up to 61 years in federal prison after being convicted in a “redemption” scam targeted at Social Security. Koss was convicted of two counts of theft of government money, one count of Social Security disability fraud, one count of mail fraud and one…

Feb 27, 2013
Washington State Man Sentenced To 25 Years In ‘Foreclosure Relief’ Scam; Judge Calls Jeff McGrue ‘Heartless’; FBI Says He Issued Nonexistent ‘Bonded Promissory Notes’ Purportedly Drawn On U.S. Treasury To Fleece Lenders And People ‘At The End Of Their Rope’

A Washington state man who ran a foreclosure-rescue scam by telling victims he could save their homes gathered more than $1 million from people “at the end of their rope” and tried to bilk lenders out of at least $55 million, federal prosecutors and the FBI said. Jeff McGrue, 51, of Tacoma, targeted California borrowers.…

Jul 25, 2011
Now, An Alleged ‘Sham Cemetery’ And $90 Million ‘Promissory Note’ Scam; Feds Say Men ‘Concocted’ Millions Of Dollars In ‘Fake Partnership Losses’ In Bizarre Tax Scheme Hatched Through ‘Shell Companies’

If the “redemption” scams in which delusional hucksters tell enraptured prospects that the government maintains secret accounts Americans can tap to qualify for multimillion-dollar tax refunds and pay for everything from cars to speeding tickets haven’t caused your brain to shut down from suspending too much disbelief, you now may have another opportunity to fry…

May 12, 2011
UPDATE: California Man Who Allegedly Filed ‘False Liens’ In Bizarre Paperwork Attack Against Law Enforcement Claimed IRS Owed Him $82 Billion

A California man accused of filing “false liens” against public officials in pursuit of their duties also filed a “bogus” tax-refund claim with the IRS for the preposterous sum of $82 billion, federal prosecutors said. Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao and his business, Phoenix Financial Management Group, now have been permanently barred by a federal judge…

Aug 8, 2010