“Shepperd surrendered to AG investigators. She was booked and released on $50,000 bail. Her bail had been reduced from $500,000.”
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Woman in Loan Fraud Scheme Granted Bail
LAS VEGAS — One of two accused home loan robo-signers faced a judge for the first time Wednesday. Former loan title officer Gerri Shepperd pleaded not guilty to more than 600 counts of fraud.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office charged Shepperd with paying notaries to forge signatures on home loans to speed up the foreclosure process. The AG says this fraud affects tens of thousands of Nevada home loans.
Three notaries who once worked for Fidelity National Title and Lender Processing Services in Las Vegas are cooperating with the investigation. Prosecutors say they can use more help from the public.
“We encourage them to call and file a complaint with our office. And I can’t say enough; we urge employees, if you’re working for a company or you have worked for a company, and you’re aware that this type of activity was going on or is going on, please come forward,” said Chief Deputy Attorney General John Kelleher.
Rest here…
If I was her, I would of elected to stay in jail. It’s harder to “commit suicide” when inside…
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONTACT INFO
Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General
555 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 3900
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone – (702) 486-3420
Fax – (702) 486-3283
Web – http://ag.state.nv.us
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Fidelity National Title is one of many key players.
Pam Bondi AND Jeff Atwater (the guy she tapped to “investigate” the firings of those two AG investigators who LPS said were playing too rough) took the following bribes, I mean, contributions:
Contributions directly related to LPS:
Fidelity National Financial (Atwater, 3/1/07; Bondi, 10/18/2010)
Fidelity National Title Co. of California (Atwater, 3/1/07)
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. (Atwater, 3/1/07)
Fidelity National Title Co. of NY (Atwater, 3/1/07)
Fidelity National Financial Inc. – FLA PAC (Bondi, 10/18/2010, 3/31/2010)
Fidelity Asset Management (Bondi, 6/23/2010)
First American Title Insurance Co. (Atwater, 11/19/07) now affiliated w/ Fidelity
National Title Insurance
Chicago Title Co. (Atwater, 3/1/07)
Chicago Title Insurance Co. (Atwater, 3/1/07)
Chicago Title & Trust (Bondi, 6/23/2010, 10/18/2010)
Alamo Title Holding Co. (Atwater, 3/1/07; Bondi, 10/18/2010)
Alamo Title Holding Co. (Bondi, 6/23/2010)
LSI Title Agency Inc., Irving, TX (Bondi, 10/18/2010)
Lender Processing Services (Bondi, 6/23/2010)
LPS Agency Sales & Posting (Bondi, 2010)
Bondi also took a contribution from Timothy Meenan, a registered lobbyist for Fidelity National Financial
and Black & Meenan, Timothy Meenan’s law firm.
Atwater got three donations from registered Fidelity lobbyists.
a) Fiorentino + Hewitt 03/01/2007
b) Fiorentino Group 9/23/2008
c) Martin J. Fiorentino, Jr. 03/01/2007
He also received two contributions from Black & Meenan, one from Philip Black and one from Black & Meenan – Timothy Meenan is a registered lobbyist for Fidelity.
LPS-related contributors:
Joseph Jacquot – former Bondi staffer, now working for LPS, donated to Bondi’s campaign
Atwater: Title Industry of Florida PAC (their homepage advertises LPS)
Holland & Knight (LPS’ in-house counsel) donated to both Bondi and Atwater
Florida Bankers Association (trying to hurry through foreclosures) Bondi: 6/22/2010, 10/26/2010, Atwater: 03/06/2008
If you are wondering why some states are investigating LPS and other states are ignoring LPS, look no further than who’s taking what money.
Bondi is on the take, no ifs, ands, or buts.
Liz – you need to send this list over to all of the local TV stations……
Pam Bondi is a poor excuse for a human being.Thesepeople involved in this scam are scum and you can tell by looking at them.They chose money over thier fellow human beings.Bad Kharma breeds bad Kharma.Now it has caught them in the shorts and still they do not learn.
Hey Bondi……Are you paying attention or are you still acepting LPS payments?