Office of the Attorney general ANNOUNCES indictment in massive clark county robo-signing scheme
Defendants to be Held Criminally Accountable for Filing Tens of Thousands of Fraudulent Foreclosure Documents
Carson City, NV – The Office of the Nevada Attorney General announced today that the Clark County grand jury has returned a 606 count indictment against two title officers, Gary Trafford and Gerri Sheppard, who directed and supervised a robo-signing scheme which resulted in the filing of tens of thousands of fraudulent documents with the Clark County Recorder’s Office between 2005 and 2008.
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 grand jury found probable cause that there was a robo-signing scheme which resulted in the filing of tens of thousands of fraudulent documents with the Clark County Recorder’s Office between 2005 and 2008,”said Chief Deputy Attorney General John Kelleher.
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 alleges that these crimes were done in secret in order to avoid detection. The fraudulent NODs were allegedly forged locally to allow them to be filed at the Clark County Recorder’s office on the same day they were prepared.
District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti has set bail in the amount of $500,000 for Sheppard and $500,000 for Trafford. The case has been assigned to Department 5 District Court Judge Carolyn Ellsworth who will preside over the case.
Anyone who has information regarding this case is asked to contact the Attorney General’s Office at 702-486-3777 in Las Vegas or 775-684-1180 in Carson City.
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STATE OF NEVADA vs GARY TRAFFORD, GERRI SHEPPARD (LPS)
Does anyone have an update on robo signer Jeffery Stephan for GMAC, Deutche, Stern?
It was William P Foley CEO of Fidelity, Chair of LPS DOCX,
that gave marching orders to Fidelity’s Title attorney Thomas Malone
and
his partner in crime David K Fiveson of Coronet Title that made them
pay a bribe to Judge Alice Schlesinger of New York Supreme Court
to perpertrate Title fraud.
Fidelity has infitrated all the county land records with their forged
and fraudulent documents.
Fidelity is the conduit between the banks and the corrupt judges
and into the land registry records.
Fidelity has perfected the art of massive fraud.
Indict them all.
Full COURT Press!
Keep fighting we are winning… the Truth outs…for the Country,for the World…Freedom from Oppression…
Feeedooooooom! Down with the banksters! Audit the Fed! Fight hard and make them produce the wet ink note! Ron Paul For President!
All of the foreclosure mills should be shut down now…and the fraudclosure mill attorneys as well…I called Illinois AG Lisa Madigan’s office to complain about FISHER & SHAPIRO stamping over all of the fraud and forgeries from their original filing…. I got into a screaming match with the woman who said..you signed the contract…I told her no, that is not the contract that I signed..She asked me why I don’t ask them WHY they did it?..she told me to file a complaint…it is madness and it is disgraceful that PHH MORTGAGE and FISHER & SHAPIRO..WHO ARE A PART OF FANNIE MAES ATTORNEY NETWORK..were caught red handed sumbitting phony, fraudulent affidavits and all of their cases were dismissed by a Cook County Judge last March..PHH Mortgage was fined..and yet they are still committing crimes in Civil Court unabated….I called and complained to other entites but still, to this day nothing has been done…I have filed a motion to dismiss and the Judge will not even acknowledge the cover up for the fraud that is apparent on the face of this document….and wants to allow the Fisher and Shapiro to enter the so called orignal note….with no documentation and no affidavit….Even though PHH MORTGAGE has joined us as the defendant and claims that MERS holds the mortgage…..If MERS holds the mortgage then they by law must hold the note….and we know MERS cannot OWN EITHER….and PHH and MERS cannot both hold the original note..WHAT A FRAUD! IT IS AN IDIOCRACY IN THERE…! NO ATTORNEYS AND NO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE…..!
maybe this is finally the beginning of the End…
all of the criminals who have played a part in destroying our country (and the world) with their
deceit must be held accountable.
it is time for the lying title companies,banks, servicers, mortgage companies, wall street villains, appraisers, notaries, robo-signers, f/c mill law firms, corrupt judges —-
all of them need to own up to their crimes and their victims need FULL RESTITUTION!
While this website has the picture of the LPS logo displayed with the article, I have yet to see any indication that this particular scheme used any of the known systemic perpetrators.
I am truly questioning if this was a sizable scheme by some small-fry who do not have the considerable protection of the major bankster-gangsters. Is that why just 2 people are charged with this scheme?
If any of the underlings of the major players were to be sued, there would be a hell of a lot more than just 2 people hauled into court. With the LPS and DOCX or LPS and Litton documents, a group of people would be listed because there would be a substitution of trustee to fabricate, then there are the docs involved in the NOD, then there would eventually be an assignment. The same people would not typically sign and notarize a complete set of these documents for any given property.
To me it appears that the authorities ferreted out some rogue Title officers that are not part of the ‘accepted’ bankster scheme. If they are a part of the ‘normal scheme’, then why has no mention been made of the connection to any of the ‘normal corporate schemers’?
I’ll gladly state it looks like I was WRONG!
Now that LPS has made a comment about Clark county, it looks like this is actually the beginning of an attack on LPS.
GO AG Masto! Keep the pressure on. Let’s see more of the same!
Come on Kamala. It is time to show that CA has some guts.
BARRY FAGAN: WELLS FARGO FRAUD CASE AND ROBO-SIGNED RHONDA BERNARD THOMAS
Re: Link to Lis Pendens with Evidence of Deed of Trust alteration and fraud by Wells Fargo Bank.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/71080695/Barry-Fagan-v-Wells-Fargo-Bank-LIS-PENDENS-With-Evidence-of-Deed-of-Trust-Alteration-and-Fraud
And evidence of multiple authors of Wells Fargo Bank employee Rhonda Bernard Thomas
http://www.scribd.com/doc/71082634/Barry-Fagan-v-Wells-Fargo-Declaration-of-Dr-Laurie-Hoeltzel-Re-Multiple-Authors-of-Rhonda-Bernard-Thomas-Signatures
Its about damn time. With this indictment, and hopefully convictions and more in other states, this will open the door to property owners starting to turn the table.
Time to sue for fraud. Banks are hiding behind the Federal Government. NO MORE! No more bailouts, No more release of liability, No more period.
Its time we take this country back. Period.
Fight the good fight, challenge everything (Because its bogus). Good luck to all!
Be well!
jail them. jail all of them!
every robo-signer in every state knew they were breaking the law.
don’t think nervous laughter on 60 Minutes is going to save your asses.
you knew what you were doing was wrong–illegal–your actions ripped people from their homes.
robo-signers must be held accountable.
And where is Kamala Harris in all of this? Nowhere to be found of course. California is going to miss the bus again.
exactly. where the hell is kamala harris?
she seems to be quite selective about issuing statements and battling the creepazoids.
perhaps she only cares about her career.
i was born in california. it has been destroyed by illegal fraudclosures.
they don’t even have judicial foreclosure. my friends have been wrecked financially, physically and emotionally.
ocwen is one of many who have decimated the people of the state of california.
not to mention, major thug and coward, angelo mozilo of Countrywide.
imo
Fury I agree were is CA. Kamala Harris….. and the other 48 AG’s ???