May 15, 2018

by Abe Salen
The Wolf Firm – USFN Member (California)

A national fraud scheme involving what is believed to be thousands of properties/loans throughout the United States (previously described in the Winter 2018 USFN Report; view those articles here and here) has been temporarily halted by the wheels of justice. Earlier this month, a U.S. District Court judge ordered an injunction against the parties to this particular scheme and, importantly, appointed a permanent receiver over the business entities involved. See below for the particulars to this case, as well as a list of alleged perpetrators. In addition, the first criminal trial is scheduled against the so-called “ringleader” in a Northern California county, presently set to proceed in late summer 2018. Additional authorities, both federal and state, continue their investigations.

Case Name: Nationstar Mortgage v. Patrick Joseph Soria, West H&A, LLC, et al.

Venue: U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Western Division), Judge Dale S. Fischer

Case No.: 2:18-cv-03041-DSF-RAOx

Case Filed: April 11, 2018

Ex Parte Applications for TRO/Injunction and appointment of Receiver filed: April 12, 2018

TRO Granted: April 23, 2018

Injunction / Permanent Receiver Appointed: May 7, 2018

Receiver Information:
Robb Evans & Associates (Brick Kane, Receiver in charge)
11450 Sheldon Street
Sun Valley, California 91352-1121
Tel: (818) 768-8100
Fax: (818) 768-8802
bkane@robbevans.com

Counsel for Receiver:
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Gary O. Caris, Esq.
2029 Century Park East, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: (310) 284-3880
Fax: (310) 284-3894
gcaris@btlaw.com

ORDER issued May 7, 2018: (also see www.robbevans.com and then “Find a Case” to view various court documents in the West H&A LLC matter).

Individual Defendants: Patrick Joseph Soria, Tamyra White aka Tammy White, George Wesley Jr. Pierce, Gricela Mendoza, Bernard Germani aka Bernie Germani, Rebekah Brown, Michael C. Jackson aka M.C. Jackson, Cynthia Lara, F. Martinez, Jenny De Leon, Elba Chavez, and Ryan Alexander Urquizu.

Receivership Defendants: West H&A, LLC, Warranted Effectuation of Substitute Transferee, Inc. aka W.E.S.T., Inc., Westwood Legal, Westward Legal, Brighton Legal Group, PC aka Brighton Legal Title Co. and BLG PC National, BLG PC National By Brighton Legal Group, Inc., Deutsche Mellon National Asset, LLC aka Integrititle, Christiana Wilmington Global Asset Corp., HBSC US In Its Capacity As Legal Title Holder Incorporated, Camden Legal Group PC, dba Homeowner Help Initiative, and any subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assigns of any of the foregoing, any entities owned or controlled by Defendant Soria, any fictitious business names created by or used by any of the foregoing, individually, collectively, or in any combination, and the Assets of Defendant Soria.

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