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Property issue with California Department of Veterans Affairs - Donesia - 03-24-2023
Here is a previous case by *** (Identity withheld for privacy reasons).
The client called and said her husband submitted his name and phone number on a website to get some help with an issue they were having, and someone called them a couple of weeks ago, and said they would have called back but never did. She said that her husband spoke to a man but didn't go into many details, but explained that this was about a clouded title and them getting back their property in their names. She said she wanted to see if they qualified for contingency. She said they have a large case involving state agencies, corruption, and fraud. Their property was swindled from them by the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) with the help of First American. She said First American gave title insurance to veterans for loans. She said the California Department of Veterans Affairs said they had a title, mortgage, and insurance, but they never had those things. They learned that it was recorded as a fake mortgage and escrow number, and that's how they stole the property. She said they were making payments the whole time on a fake mortgage. But the judge didn't care, so he gave CalVet a writ of possession. She said they had the house since 1989 and were kicked out. In 2017, they had to move in with their younger son and girlfriend. They sold the house for 500K, but their original loan was 130K. She said their mortgage was never good with CalVet, and their house foundation never passed. She said Colorado courts asked for documents, but they gave fake documents. She said a lot of corruption is happening in the California courts. She said they are senior citizens and her husband, a veteran. They said on paper that they gave first preference to veterans, but they don't. She said it was a 5-acre property, and they cleared the land, put a septic in, and did a lot of work on the property.
She said they were paying the mortgage every month through Schools Credit Union for different amounts, sometimes $400, $700, etc. She said the loan was never closed, but they got the principal knocked out. The judge was told that they never paid despite their bank statements showing that they did. The deed was still in CalVet's name because a part of the loan agreement was for them to sign it over to them, and once the loan was paid off, they would have gotten the deed. She said they would have never been able to pay off the loan because it was not a real loan. As soon as they made the loan, the house was in foreclosure, but they never did foreclosure. Instead, a writ possession was done to get the property back. She said the judge was later kicked out, and the lawyer on the case was disbarred.
She said one of the lawyers took $23500 to proceed with the case. The lawyer wanted them to make another contract with CalVet and continued paying them. She said the judge said it was a frivolous case, and he didn't want to know the specifics. So she was not sure why the lawyer took so much. She said the case is ongoing. Her husband has been getting a continuance, but he doesn't have an attorney. He has done research online and found things. She said he has some papers due at the end of April. She said they made a complaint to the Engineer Board about the engineer that did their foundation plans that were never passed, and the Engineer Board took their complaint to the Attorney General. She said the Attorney General represents the California Department of Affairs (CalVet) as they represent state agencies. However, CalVet has its attorneys, which she thinks is against the law. She thinks it's ridiculous the amount they paid in lawyer fees, and they didn't get their property back. The lawyer advised them to file bankruptcy instead of suing CalVet, and in turn, allowed them to get the property. The bankruptcy plan said they had a mortgage, which they were told to keep paying if they didn't want to be in trouble with the judge. But they were paying the attorneys, CalVet, and a trustee. She said the bankruptcy plan failed because, at the end of it, they couldn't sell the property as the title was clouded. She said over $4000 was also left in escrow which they never received. She said unfortunately the money was put in bankruptcy and went to the lawyer.