I-Team: Company May Have Lied About Serving Court Papers
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a process server accused of falsifying paperwork in dozens of cases and potentially hundreds more, in what police called a scheme to defraud the courts.
Former Las Vegas Metro police officer Maurice Carroll is wanted by police for 35 counts of perjury, false filing of paperwork and obtaining money under false pretenses. Metro says he said he served people with legal papers, but didn't.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Massive Service Frauds Alleged in NY
By BARBARA LEONARD - Court House News - October 20, 2009
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) - A woman who says a law firm and process server lied about serving her with a collections complaint claims that "nearly 100,000 default judgments have been entered in the New York Courts based upon false affidavits from process servers working for defendant ALP [American Legal Process]."
Margaret Murtagh says that in July the New York attorney general sued 35 law firms that used American Legal Process because "nearly 100,000 default judgments have been entered in the New York Courts based upon false affidavits from process servers" working for it.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) - A woman who says a law firm and process server lied about serving her with a collections complaint claims that "nearly 100,000 default judgments have been entered in the New York Courts based upon false affidavits from process servers working for defendant ALP [American Legal Process]."
Margaret Murtagh says that in July the New York attorney general sued 35 law firms that used American Legal Process because "nearly 100,000 default judgments have been entered in the New York Courts based upon false affidavits from process servers" working for it.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Alden Women Charged in Illegal Debt Scheme
Eileen Buckley - August 11, 2009 - publicbroadcasting.net
Annette Forte of Alden charged with filling false court documents NYS Attorney General's Office
BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - An Erie County process server has been charged with filling false court documents that led to wrongful judgements.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announce the indictment against 34-year old Annette Forte of Alden. She was arraigned in Lockport on the charges. The false documents of service were filed with County Clerk offices in Cattaraugus, Olean and Salamanca.
From August 2007 to April of 2008, Forte claimed she served and attempted to serve the legal papers against citizens who allegedly owed money to creditors.
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Annette Forte of Alden charged with filling false court documents NYS Attorney General's Office
BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - An Erie County process server has been charged with filling false court documents that led to wrongful judgements.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announce the indictment against 34-year old Annette Forte of Alden. She was arraigned in Lockport on the charges. The false documents of service were filed with County Clerk offices in Cattaraugus, Olean and Salamanca.
From August 2007 to April of 2008, Forte claimed she served and attempted to serve the legal papers against citizens who allegedly owed money to creditors.
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Process server accused of fraud in Cattauraugus County case
By Donna Snyder - CATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT - August 08, 2009
LITTLE VALLEY — An Erie County woman has been charged by a Cattaraugus County grand jury with 21 counts of filing false affidavits in Cattaraugus and Erie counties.
The charges are part of an ongoing investigation by State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has sued 35 law firms and two debt collectors and has moved to have nearly 100,000 default judgments thrown out, including 11,428 in Western New York.
Annette Forte, 34, of Alden and Rochester, was indicted on charges of first-degree falsifying business records, including 10 actions in Cattaraugus County between Oct. 15, 2007, and April 9, 2008, and 10 actions in Erie County of offering a false instrument for filing between Oct. 15, 2007, and April 9, 2008; also a charge of scheming to defraud between Feb. 9, 2007, and April 11, 2008, also in Erie County.
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LITTLE VALLEY — An Erie County woman has been charged by a Cattaraugus County grand jury with 21 counts of filing false affidavits in Cattaraugus and Erie counties.
The charges are part of an ongoing investigation by State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has sued 35 law firms and two debt collectors and has moved to have nearly 100,000 default judgments thrown out, including 11,428 in Western New York.
Annette Forte, 34, of Alden and Rochester, was indicted on charges of first-degree falsifying business records, including 10 actions in Cattaraugus County between Oct. 15, 2007, and April 9, 2008, and 10 actions in Erie County of offering a false instrument for filing between Oct. 15, 2007, and April 9, 2008; also a charge of scheming to defraud between Feb. 9, 2007, and April 11, 2008, also in Erie County.
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Tow truck operators to stand trial
Sara Suddes - Gilroy Dispatch - Aug 6, 2009
San Jose, California
A family of tow truck operators accused of using local courts to defraud hundreds of motorists will be held to answer for their alleged crimes.
"I'm very pleased," said Deputy District Attorney Dale Lohman outside the courtroom minutes after Superior Court Judge Gilbert Brown announced his decision to hold the family over for trial.
Although Brown dismissed a handful of minor charges, Vincent Cardinalli Sr., 66, Paul Greer, 32 - formerly Vincent Cardinalli Jr. - Cardinalli's daughter, Rosemary Ball, 34, and her husband, Michael Ball, 39, will stand trial for 158 counts of conspiracy, forgery, perjury, attempted grand theft and other felony charges.
"I'm not upset about these," Lohman said of the eight dropped charges against Greer - the majority of which were for alleged perjury. "You pick your battles."
Greer's attorney, Eben Kurtzman, said the dropped charges "probably aren't going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things."
With more than 100 counts against his client alone, Kurtzman said the judges decision was not a surprise.
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San Jose, California
A family of tow truck operators accused of using local courts to defraud hundreds of motorists will be held to answer for their alleged crimes.
"I'm very pleased," said Deputy District Attorney Dale Lohman outside the courtroom minutes after Superior Court Judge Gilbert Brown announced his decision to hold the family over for trial.
Although Brown dismissed a handful of minor charges, Vincent Cardinalli Sr., 66, Paul Greer, 32 - formerly Vincent Cardinalli Jr. - Cardinalli's daughter, Rosemary Ball, 34, and her husband, Michael Ball, 39, will stand trial for 158 counts of conspiracy, forgery, perjury, attempted grand theft and other felony charges.
"I'm not upset about these," Lohman said of the eight dropped charges against Greer - the majority of which were for alleged perjury. "You pick your battles."
Greer's attorney, Eben Kurtzman, said the dropped charges "probably aren't going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things."
With more than 100 counts against his client alone, Kurtzman said the judges decision was not a surprise.
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Process server creates headaches for court system, law firms
Process server creates headaches for court system, law firmsby Michelle Lore - www.finance-commerce.com - August 6, 2009
Angus McEachern faces 13 counts of perjury.
The case of a Hennepin County process server who allegedly falsified multiple affidavits of service has created a tremendous amount of work for the District Court and for the three law firms that used him to serve debtors with summonses and complaints.
The 23-year-old process server has been charged with multiple counts of perjury. A criminal complaint filed in May says the defendant admitted to signing approximately 200 false affidavits during the six months he worked for Edina-based Major Legal Professional Process Serving.
After the issue came to light, the Hennepin County District Court had to vacate more than 180 default judgments for which proper service of process could not be verified.
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