Terrill "Terry" Meisinger to Pay $5 Million to Resolve "Massive" Foreclosure Fraud Case
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Terrill "Terry" Meisinger is accused of orchestrating what the feds called a "massive" scam against homeowners, renters and lenders while also causing "significant losses" to federally insured institutions and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips in Riverside signed an order preventing Meisinger from participating in the home finance or real estate industries for 10 years, but in agreeing to the penalty and fines he did not admit guilt.
The government's case: Meisinger contacted homeowners facing imminent foreclosure with promises of helping them avoid foreclosure and save their credit. How? By deeding the properties to him and moving out in exchange for small cash payments of $500 to $1,000. Meisinger then promised to bring their mortgage payments current and pay them an additional
$5,000 to $10,000 when he eventually sold their properties.
But what Meisinger did instead, according to the government's suit, was transfer ownership of the properties to a third party whose identities he had stolen before filing fraudulent bankruptcy declarations on their behalf. This triggered automatic stays that prevented lenders from foreclosing on the properties, which Meisinger then rented out.
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