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STUART — Police are seeking assistance in identifying two people suspected of trying to steal and then fraudulently return computer equipment from a Walmart Supercenter, a news release states.
The Dec. 5 incident happened about 10:45 p.m. at the retail giant in the 4000 block of Southeast U.S. 1. (more…)
STUART — A Martin County jury tomorrow will likely begin deliberating the case of former Jensen Beach pastor Rodney McGill and his wife, Shalonda McGill, accused of orchestrating a real estate scheme that ended in more than $1 million in foreclosed property from three unwitting investors.
After a week on the other side of the witness stand, the former pastor and real estate investment pitchman took the stand in his own defense Monday, telling a jury that unscrupulous mortgage brokers were the ones to blame for an alleged mortgage scheme that ruined the credit of the women he and Shalonda helped invest in local properties. (more…)
PORT ST. LUCIE — Hundreds of Tesoro property owners aren’t waiting around while their subdivision’s developer grinds through bankruptcy court: They’re filing their own lawsuits against Ginn Resorts and its affiliates.
Property owners are charging Ginn with a host of wrongdoings, including selling lots through Ponzi schemes, fraudulently inflating property values, lying to and duping clients, failing to account for hundreds of thousands of dollars in membership dues and missing escrow accounts and backing out on promises to build amenities.
Timothy Vetrano, 72, a retiree from Manhasset, N.Y., who lives at Tesoro with his wife Marilyn, said his experience falls under “buyer beware.”
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A suspect in the credit card scheme.
The schemes have been reported in Wal-Marts in Stuart and Jupiter.
On each occasion, suspects are using the credit card account information on a counterfeit credit card to purchasing gift cards, police said. The suspects are driving a silver newer model Toyota mini-van, police said. They are believed to be out of the Dade or Broward County area.
Another suspect in the scheme. Photos provided by Stuart police.
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