- Report: #82238
Complaint Review: Ameriquest Mortgage Company Turnkey Title Corporation Right On Time Appraisals Five Brothers Insu
| Ameriquest Mortgage Company Turnkey Title Corporation Right On Time Appraisals Five Brothers Insu 4300 W. Cypress Street, Suite 750, Tampa, Florida 33607
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Ameriquest Mortgage Company - Turnkey Title Corporation - Right On Time Appraisals - Five Brothers Insurance Rip-offs! Fraudulent, predatory lending practices, falsified incomes, hidden fees and more. Tampa Florida
*Consumer Comment: Big QUESTION> Why did Nick want to take Charley Crisp off as the Defendant?
*Consumer Comment: duestche bank citi residential and ameriquest are destroying our life
*Consumer Comment: We have the same problems as you Mr. Robert E. Huges Sr.
*Consumer Comment: Robert Hughes please contact me
*Consumer Comment: Most mortgage companies don't have ''STANDING'' and LACK the right to foreclose. No Note No Standing.
*Consumer Comment: Ameriquest mtg.
*Consumer Comment: FYI Florida attorney, NICKOLAS EKONOMIDES PA Regarding 19 other victims of him and Ameriquest mortgage in March 2006.
*Consumer Comment: WOW!
*Consumer Comment: Needing advise dealing with Ameriquest foreclosure
*UPDATE Employee: AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
*UPDATE Employee: AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
*UPDATE Employee: AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
*UPDATE Employee: AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
*Consumer Comment: Blatant Fraud, Stone Walls, Bureaucratic Red Tape & Where are the Insurance Policies? preditory lending practices and fraud committed by Ameriquest
*Consumer Suggestion: Fraud plagues mortgage industry, FBI says
*Consumer Comment: victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
*Consumer Comment: victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
*Consumer Comment: victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: fraud is rampant at ameriquest managers responsible
*Consumer Comment: afraid of loosing my home and the treatment i am getting from Ameriquest is terribe, I paid for my insurance in my closing and called to file a claim because of the hurricane, and my insurance company did not have a clue who i am
*Consumer Comment: Familia in almost everyway...I'm becoming a frequently outraged victim of Ameriquest
*UPDATE Employee: AMERIQUEST HAS SHARP TEETH
*Consumer Comment: Ameriquest Got Me Too
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: How are they allowed to survive?
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Fraudulent Support
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: About to make the same mistake
*Consumer Suggestion: R, E. HUGHES, SR -- CLASS ACTION SUIT VS AMERIQUEST
*Consumer Comment: Ameriquest I was told is also Olympus/bedford/Town and Country
*Consumer Comment: Ameriquest I was told is also Olympus/bedford/Town and Country
*Consumer Comment: Frustrating to get state agencies to take any real action!
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: NEED MORE INFORMATION, NEED HELP!!!!!!
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: I used to work at Ameriquest
*Consumer Comment: we unwittingly signed everything
*Consumer Comment: Requesting Information Please.
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Further, there was no pre-disclosure of any fees other than a verbal comment that there would be an appraisal fee and no loan application fee. After reading the settlement statement (after the closing as the closing was about 25 minutes long) there were a multitude of fees including bogus fees such as a document fee, courier fee, various application fees, a large "discount" fee, etc. We were forced to pay for fire insurance at a higher cost than previously quoted and we HAD to use Five Brothers Insurance, their "approved" agency. The Turnkey Title Company had many separate charges on the settlement sheet.
At the closing each mortgagor was asked to complete a small statement "verifying" an imagined income the loan officer created to enable approval of the loan. Illegal, as it is falsifying the income. Each had a false, "puffed" appraised value -- one appraisal was made two weeks after the closing (figure that out). Also, each closing resulted in a higher than quoted interest rate.
I have filed a suit, along with my fiance, in Tampa against Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Turnkey Title Corporation and Right On Time Appraisals. I personally feel Five Brothers Insurance is in on it too. I am sure someone is getting a "kickback" if every mortgage is required to get insurance from Five Brothers and if every closing has a higher than quoted insurance amount.
The suit is Circuit Case No 04 00571, Division K filed in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County with the following 15 counts:
Breach of Contract - Lender Liability, Directed a Fraudulent Appraisal - "Puffing", Conspiracy to Steal - Grand Theft from the State of Florida, Department of Revenue Theft from a Mortgagor,Insurance Coercion, Fraudulent Inducement, Red Lining, Mortgage Fraud, Abusive and Predatory Lending Practices, Clouding the Title, False Documentation - Sales Transfer Tax Fraud (theft of sales tax funds as the documentary transfer tax on the deed was intentionally under-paid by stating a much lower sales price than what the property sold for), Mortgage Fraud in the Secondary Market, Theft of Sales Proceeds, Failure To Pre-Disclose, Fraudulent Loan Documentation, Refusal To Use A HUD 1 Settlement and Knowingly Falsifying A Sale As A Refinance.
Of one of the loans I mentioned previously - the mortgagor also filed a suit a few days ago, Circuit Case No. 04 01901, Division E in Tampa, Florida.
Do any of you know of other similar cases? If you want more information or you have information to offer, please contact Robert E. Hughes, Sr. by clicking on the rebuttal button. I am considering a class action.
In essense, no pre-disclosures, jacked up interest, a multitude of unverified and ridiculous fees, they wouldn't provide a copy of the appraisal, falsified income and inflated appraisals, sales tax liabilities to the mortgagor and more. How many people don't thoroughly read through or question the paperwork they are given after the closing? How many people have paid thousands of dollars they shouldn't have had to pay? Four of these closings were reported to Florida's Department Of Revenue on forms that department provided as the mortgage company and title company defrauded the state on taxes paid.
Where are the government agencies that are suppose to be watching out for this type of predatory lending and illegal activities? Please help put Ameriquest Mortgage Company out of business! We expect criminal complaints to be issued against those companies.
Robert
Clearwater, Florida
U.S.A.
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Big QUESTION> Why did Nick want to take Charley Crisp off as the Defendant?
AUTHOR: Markana - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, March 12, 2009
We seem to be ALL FIGHTING THE SAME THING. and the Same attorneys.> NCE and the B&N firm. Hmmm...Fake settlement meetings and all.
#2 Consumer Comment
duestche bank citi residential and ameriquest are destroying our life
AUTHOR: Moran - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
#3 Consumer Comment
We have the same problems as you Mr. Robert E. Huges Sr.
AUTHOR: Herbert - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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#4 Consumer Comment
Robert Hughes please contact me
AUTHOR: Debra - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Citi is seeking foreclosure and is basing their action on some fraudulently executed documents.
Please contact me at : (((ROR REDACTED)))
Thanks.
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#5 Consumer Comment
Most mortgage companies don't have ''STANDING'' and LACK the right to foreclose. No Note No Standing.
AUTHOR: Bill & Ted - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Most mortgage companies don't have ''STANDING'' and LACK the right to foreclose, Because they DON"T HOLD THE MORTGAGE NOTE. Only the Note holder can foreclose on you,,,If you let them,,,Or IF they can get away with it.
The courts and Judges are catching on, so maybe some people will have luck and or the law on their side.
Best of Luck
I have the exact same experiances as you and the same complaints, on top of all that the closing took place in a mental hospital
where my wife was confined to for trying to commit susicide, she was also under mind altering drugs to help her, but that did not matter to the closing agent who was representing ameriquest who then sold the mtg. i believe to another very hard to deal with mtg. co. Franklin Credit Corp. I have just about given up, to tired to fight anymore, wish you luck, hope this adds to your complaints.
#7 Consumer Comment
FYI Florida attorney, NICKOLAS EKONOMIDES PA Regarding 19 other victims of him and Ameriquest mortgage in March 2006.
AUTHOR: Markanna - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, May 30, 2008
We were hit by ameriquest bait & switch in late 2004, Then hurricanes. Ameriquest didn't pay the insurance and other things that were promised during closing causing us to be uninsured during the hurricanes. Ameriquest and their attorneys would not ANSWER QUESTIONS about the INSURANCE. I still have no home because of them.
In April 2005 ameriquest offered to replace my home but never did. So I hired an attorney named Nickolas Ekonomides PA, THEN the NIGHTMARE gets worse!
Here is a list.
1. This attorney would not file anything against ameriquest in my case.
2. Would not ask for evidence regarding the insurance.
3. Would not put an injunction against ameriquest.
4. Would not contact HSBC regarding the sale of our NOTE to HSBC or ask them about the insurance OR ANYTHING. Ameriquest put insurance on my damaged home 2 times WHILE HSBC WAS SERVICING MY LOAN. and once after.
5. NICK sent out unauthorized settlement offers to ameriquest without telling or asking me first.
6. He caused long delays by giving ameriquest attorneys more than a month to reply.
7. He wanted me to cash insurance checks that AQ got possibly got using fraud, He knows this.
8. Nickolas Ekonomides and the AQ attorneys wanted me to come to a settlement meeting that would be a 300 mile drive, They said they ''would not'' settle with the 19 OTHERS out of the 20 they were supposed to settle with If I would not come to the meeting. So they did what they said and CANCELED the Settlements with the other 19 people. THAT WAS THE LAST F-IN STRAW! So I fired him. I have PROOF!
9. After firing Nickolas Ekonomides PA I asked for my file back, He said in a few letters that he had sent the file already, That was a lie! He hid my files saying he sent them for 5 months while I was still fight ameriquest attorneys. I didn't get my file back till I sent him a letter saying I was contacting the Florida BAR.
10. Nickolas Ekonomides posted private information, like full names, address, case information, and other private information about his clients on web sites and web forums.
11. Nickolas Ekonomides PA, IMPERSONATED AND POSED AS ME on a WEBSITE called iKarma.com, He used my full name and address, But used his email address as a contact.
>>>> If you live in FLORIDA and are one of the 19 other people that were part of the canceled settlements in >>March 2006 << Please contact me, I'm also looking for an attorney to take our case against him. <<<
I am filing a Florida BAR complaint against Nickolas Ekonomides PA and Lee Carr his partner at the time. Florida BAR reference number: 08-216-28 Ask for Erin M.
Thanks
Beware of any attorneys in Clearwater Tampa and St Pete Fl. I hear their are some really bad ones. There are a few named Ekonomides that are not to be trusted.
Did you have bait and switch problems with ameriquest?
Best of Luck to you.
#9 Consumer Comment
Needing advise dealing with Ameriquest foreclosure
AUTHOR: Donald - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 12, 2008
At the end of the meeting with the Judge and Ameriquest's attorney, my personal assistant asked if she could bring a few of the facts to the attention of the court that were in need of consideration.(of course there are plenty more) (I had and have severe laryngitis)
She told His Honor that my wife was the one who started communications with Ameriquest. Months later she was in the hospital on life support. That was the time Ameriquest started calling me. I told them what was happening and that I was bringing her family together so they could say goodbye to her before they took her off life support.
Ameriquest continued harasssing me at least 15 phone calls per day in order to close on the refinancing of our home. They were aware that she was going to die as soon as the life support was stopped. My wife was the "bread winner" on paper of my business and they needed her signature. I told them she was brain dead already and to leave me in peace while I stayed at her bedside. They disregarded that request. The agent from Ameriquest was relentless in trying to get the loan closed.
My assistant gave His Honor a copy of my wife's death certificate and a CERTIFIED letter from my sister- in-law stating that the agent told her to sign for my wife regardless of what we were going through. The Note was signed (forged) by my sister-in-law 2 days after her death. The judge said that this was a first for him and "one for the books" and we would have to meet again for him to come to a decision about the foreclosure.
I do not know who to talk to in reference to this and would appreciate any recommendations offered. Please contact me by clicking on the rebuttal option.
Don
Clearwater, FL
#10 UPDATE Employee
AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
AUTHOR: Current - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 24, 2004
my mother 57 yrs..died from cancer 2 mos ago...and i came back to my branch 2 days after we burried her...because my staff needed me...cuz my area mgr was in the bahamas?? and they needed my help....this is LOYALTY....BUILDING A TEAM..TRAINING..BELIEF..AND HARD WORK...I gave my heart and soul to AMC because I believed in it..until i discovered and reported the fraud to HR obvious....so MY POINT... after being top producer for 5 yrs....never had a complaint to HR made about me....worked 14 hour days..every day..never any sort of reprimandation...and offered another promotion..was given a porsche, trips to the super bowl..trips to Hawaii..Tahiti, the bahamas...for my production.
I WAS DEMOTED TO A SALES REP.???? for tossing a ball around my office with my sales staff,,,to lighten the stress, and because of refferals...i had received from my husband, which were ok'd to call by my area mgr Frank....and my new mgr. these refferals....went to the honolulu office, many of my sales reps were promoted from these referrals....and frank himself even asked my husband for some.....my husband figured if he could not book the loan then refer the customer to his wife...to help her sales reps..or to hawaii..or to MN..my husband never recvd any $$$ from these referrals...it was just a case of "ones mans trash, another mans treasure." SO IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIATE AGAINST ME AGAIN I WAS DEMOTTED..?? JUST 3 MOS PRIOR I WAS BEING OFFERED A PROMOTION? HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE....?? SO I HAVE AN ATTORNEY...AND SO DO SEVERAL AMC SALES REPS....AND I HAVE HARD EVIDENCE..ie: loan info where title fraud was committed.income docs made up...mtg histories made up..and emails of sexual harrasment from superiors..even the infamous MARIANO DEMARIN, and other mangaers,,because i was one of the only woman mgrs and my #s were better than theres....
POINT IS....MYSELF, AND MY ATTRNYS HAVE RESEARCHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR INVESTORS, AND WHO SPECIFICALLY AMC DEALS WITH AT THESE COMPANYS....WE ARE FIRST SENDING OF LETTERS (CERTIFIED RCPT) TO WAYNE LEE..PRESIDENT...ROLAND ARNAULT...OWNER....AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND INVESTORS....THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE fiduciary responsiblilty to investigate this....and if they do not.....they will go to jail too..... FRAUD IS RAMPANT AT AMERIQUEST....and they are getting scared....
oh, also attys and i have been working with the FBI in LA and Orange county and the local DAs....this will go to trial..and WILL BE RESOLVED!!! IT HAS TO BE...they are ripping off customers....their investors.....and they are trying to go public....so they will be ripping off people with a worthless stock....and cause many to lose their life savings they invested in amc stock.....ENRON?? OR AMERIQUEST?? THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL WORK AT AMC...don't be afraid...but learn from my mistake...don't go to HR...take it to the top....mary jo...wayne lee or lori grigg....that way you will be protected..and not retaliated against by low level HR reps...or middle management.....if any one has any info to share, or would like help with you may contact me, at.. davey_pie@YAHOO.COM
the stress of all this has caused me to have a breakdown..AMERIQUEST NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BAD APPLES.
#11 UPDATE Employee
AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
AUTHOR: Current - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 24, 2004
my mother 57 yrs..died from cancer 2 mos ago...and i came back to my branch 2 days after we burried her...because my staff needed me...cuz my area mgr was in the bahamas?? and they needed my help....this is LOYALTY....BUILDING A TEAM..TRAINING..BELIEF..AND HARD WORK...I gave my heart and soul to AMC because I believed in it..until i discovered and reported the fraud to HR obvious....so MY POINT... after being top producer for 5 yrs....never had a complaint to HR made about me....worked 14 hour days..every day..never any sort of reprimandation...and offered another promotion..was given a porsche, trips to the super bowl..trips to Hawaii..Tahiti, the bahamas...for my production.
I WAS DEMOTED TO A SALES REP.???? for tossing a ball around my office with my sales staff,,,to lighten the stress, and because of refferals...i had received from my husband, which were ok'd to call by my area mgr Frank....and my new mgr. these refferals....went to the honolulu office, many of my sales reps were promoted from these referrals....and frank himself even asked my husband for some.....my husband figured if he could not book the loan then refer the customer to his wife...to help her sales reps..or to hawaii..or to MN..my husband never recvd any $$$ from these referrals...it was just a case of "ones mans trash, another mans treasure." SO IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIATE AGAINST ME AGAIN I WAS DEMOTTED..?? JUST 3 MOS PRIOR I WAS BEING OFFERED A PROMOTION? HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE....?? SO I HAVE AN ATTORNEY...AND SO DO SEVERAL AMC SALES REPS....AND I HAVE HARD EVIDENCE..ie: loan info where title fraud was committed.income docs made up...mtg histories made up..and emails of sexual harrasment from superiors..even the infamous MARIANO DEMARIN, and other mangaers,,because i was one of the only woman mgrs and my #s were better than theres....
POINT IS....MYSELF, AND MY ATTRNYS HAVE RESEARCHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR INVESTORS, AND WHO SPECIFICALLY AMC DEALS WITH AT THESE COMPANYS....WE ARE FIRST SENDING OF LETTERS (CERTIFIED RCPT) TO WAYNE LEE..PRESIDENT...ROLAND ARNAULT...OWNER....AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND INVESTORS....THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE fiduciary responsiblilty to investigate this....and if they do not.....they will go to jail too..... FRAUD IS RAMPANT AT AMERIQUEST....and they are getting scared....
oh, also attys and i have been working with the FBI in LA and Orange county and the local DAs....this will go to trial..and WILL BE RESOLVED!!! IT HAS TO BE...they are ripping off customers....their investors.....and they are trying to go public....so they will be ripping off people with a worthless stock....and cause many to lose their life savings they invested in amc stock.....ENRON?? OR AMERIQUEST?? THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL WORK AT AMC...don't be afraid...but learn from my mistake...don't go to HR...take it to the top....mary jo...wayne lee or lori grigg....that way you will be protected..and not retaliated against by low level HR reps...or middle management.....if any one has any info to share, or would like help with you may contact me, at.. davey_pie@YAHOO.COM
the stress of all this has caused me to have a breakdown..AMERIQUEST NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BAD APPLES.
#12 UPDATE Employee
AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
AUTHOR: Current - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 24, 2004
my mother 57 yrs..died from cancer 2 mos ago...and i came back to my branch 2 days after we burried her...because my staff needed me...cuz my area mgr was in the bahamas?? and they needed my help....this is LOYALTY....BUILDING A TEAM..TRAINING..BELIEF..AND HARD WORK...I gave my heart and soul to AMC because I believed in it..until i discovered and reported the fraud to HR obvious....so MY POINT... after being top producer for 5 yrs....never had a complaint to HR made about me....worked 14 hour days..every day..never any sort of reprimandation...and offered another promotion..was given a porsche, trips to the super bowl..trips to Hawaii..Tahiti, the bahamas...for my production.
I WAS DEMOTED TO A SALES REP.???? for tossing a ball around my office with my sales staff,,,to lighten the stress, and because of refferals...i had received from my husband, which were ok'd to call by my area mgr Frank....and my new mgr. these refferals....went to the honolulu office, many of my sales reps were promoted from these referrals....and frank himself even asked my husband for some.....my husband figured if he could not book the loan then refer the customer to his wife...to help her sales reps..or to hawaii..or to MN..my husband never recvd any $$$ from these referrals...it was just a case of "ones mans trash, another mans treasure." SO IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIATE AGAINST ME AGAIN I WAS DEMOTTED..?? JUST 3 MOS PRIOR I WAS BEING OFFERED A PROMOTION? HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE....?? SO I HAVE AN ATTORNEY...AND SO DO SEVERAL AMC SALES REPS....AND I HAVE HARD EVIDENCE..ie: loan info where title fraud was committed.income docs made up...mtg histories made up..and emails of sexual harrasment from superiors..even the infamous MARIANO DEMARIN, and other mangaers,,because i was one of the only woman mgrs and my #s were better than theres....
POINT IS....MYSELF, AND MY ATTRNYS HAVE RESEARCHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR INVESTORS, AND WHO SPECIFICALLY AMC DEALS WITH AT THESE COMPANYS....WE ARE FIRST SENDING OF LETTERS (CERTIFIED RCPT) TO WAYNE LEE..PRESIDENT...ROLAND ARNAULT...OWNER....AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND INVESTORS....THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE fiduciary responsiblilty to investigate this....and if they do not.....they will go to jail too..... FRAUD IS RAMPANT AT AMERIQUEST....and they are getting scared....
oh, also attys and i have been working with the FBI in LA and Orange county and the local DAs....this will go to trial..and WILL BE RESOLVED!!! IT HAS TO BE...they are ripping off customers....their investors.....and they are trying to go public....so they will be ripping off people with a worthless stock....and cause many to lose their life savings they invested in amc stock.....ENRON?? OR AMERIQUEST?? THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL WORK AT AMC...don't be afraid...but learn from my mistake...don't go to HR...take it to the top....mary jo...wayne lee or lori grigg....that way you will be protected..and not retaliated against by low level HR reps...or middle management.....if any one has any info to share, or would like help with you may contact me, at.. davey_pie@YAHOO.COM
the stress of all this has caused me to have a breakdown..AMERIQUEST NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BAD APPLES.
#13 UPDATE Employee
AMERIQUEST IS A GOOD COMPANY WITH TOO MANY BAD PEOPLE
AUTHOR: Current - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 24, 2004
my mother 57 yrs..died from cancer 2 mos ago...and i came back to my branch 2 days after we burried her...because my staff needed me...cuz my area mgr was in the bahamas?? and they needed my help....this is LOYALTY....BUILDING A TEAM..TRAINING..BELIEF..AND HARD WORK...I gave my heart and soul to AMC because I believed in it..until i discovered and reported the fraud to HR obvious....so MY POINT... after being top producer for 5 yrs....never had a complaint to HR made about me....worked 14 hour days..every day..never any sort of reprimandation...and offered another promotion..was given a porsche, trips to the super bowl..trips to Hawaii..Tahiti, the bahamas...for my production.
I WAS DEMOTED TO A SALES REP.???? for tossing a ball around my office with my sales staff,,,to lighten the stress, and because of refferals...i had received from my husband, which were ok'd to call by my area mgr Frank....and my new mgr. these refferals....went to the honolulu office, many of my sales reps were promoted from these referrals....and frank himself even asked my husband for some.....my husband figured if he could not book the loan then refer the customer to his wife...to help her sales reps..or to hawaii..or to MN..my husband never recvd any $$$ from these referrals...it was just a case of "ones mans trash, another mans treasure." SO IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIATE AGAINST ME AGAIN I WAS DEMOTTED..?? JUST 3 MOS PRIOR I WAS BEING OFFERED A PROMOTION? HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE....?? SO I HAVE AN ATTORNEY...AND SO DO SEVERAL AMC SALES REPS....AND I HAVE HARD EVIDENCE..ie: loan info where title fraud was committed.income docs made up...mtg histories made up..and emails of sexual harrasment from superiors..even the infamous MARIANO DEMARIN, and other mangaers,,because i was one of the only woman mgrs and my #s were better than theres....
POINT IS....MYSELF, AND MY ATTRNYS HAVE RESEARCHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR INVESTORS, AND WHO SPECIFICALLY AMC DEALS WITH AT THESE COMPANYS....WE ARE FIRST SENDING OF LETTERS (CERTIFIED RCPT) TO WAYNE LEE..PRESIDENT...ROLAND ARNAULT...OWNER....AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND INVESTORS....THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE fiduciary responsiblilty to investigate this....and if they do not.....they will go to jail too..... FRAUD IS RAMPANT AT AMERIQUEST....and they are getting scared....
oh, also attys and i have been working with the FBI in LA and Orange county and the local DAs....this will go to trial..and WILL BE RESOLVED!!! IT HAS TO BE...they are ripping off customers....their investors.....and they are trying to go public....so they will be ripping off people with a worthless stock....and cause many to lose their life savings they invested in amc stock.....ENRON?? OR AMERIQUEST?? THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL WORK AT AMC...don't be afraid...but learn from my mistake...don't go to HR...take it to the top....mary jo...wayne lee or lori grigg....that way you will be protected..and not retaliated against by low level HR reps...or middle management.....if any one has any info to share, or would like help with you may contact me, at.. davey_pie@YAHOO.COM
the stress of all this has caused me to have a breakdown..AMERIQUEST NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BAD APPLES.
#14 Consumer Comment
Blatant Fraud, Stone Walls, Bureaucratic Red Tape & Where are the Insurance Policies? preditory lending practices and fraud committed by Ameriquest
AUTHOR: Maria - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 24, 2004
Went to the Office of Financial regulation today to find that we need to come up with a detailed report of all Ameriquest's fraudulent processes and were told that if we could gather enough victims, they state would give it more of a priority BUT they basically just investigate. The investigation could lead to the FBI finishing once all the appropriate state agencies have completed all the "legwork". Also called the office of Charlie Christ today (Florida's state attorney) just to be told they don't handle this sort of thing.......WHAT?!!!! Well, we won't accept that as an answer, we will pursue conversation with Mr. Christ at some point in time. We also plan on contacting the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC to find out exactly who would properly investigate Ameriquest's fraud and predatory lending practices on a federal level.
We need more folks from the state of Florida to submit details of their experiences to put it all together and deliver to the various offices within this State. A previous rebuttal, dated July 11 gives an address for anyone interested in such an official complaint. You'll have to write me!
To date, none of the state agencies we contacted: Dept. of Revenue, Dept. of Financial Regulations, State Attorney, Dept. of Insurance, and more have not taken any action we are aware of to seriously investigate this fraud!! I hear the state of Georgia is the only state to have banned Ameriquest from doing business within it's borders. Why is it so difficult for all these other states to SEE whats going and and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
We are definitely going to put together as much as we can with as many people as we can and submit it to the Department of Financial regulation to get the ball rolling on stopping Ameriquest from stealing so much money from their customers! They are also in violation of the R.I.C.O. act, no doubt!
#15 Consumer Suggestion
Fraud plagues mortgage industry, FBI says
AUTHOR: June - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 17, 2004
plagues mortgage industry, FBI says". Sounds like maybe Chris Mathews of Hardball might be
interested in hearing from people who have been
victimized and also who have filed complaints
and have seen no action whatsoever.
I know that here in Ohio we have a congressman who is intent on destroying consumer protection from predatory lending while purporting to be doing the opposite.
It's also interesting that swing states seem to be being ravaged by this activity.
It's almost as if predators know that they won't
be held accountable for some reason. Gee. I have
posted here that I have filed litigation for predatory lending and also sent a consumer
suggestion to Crystal about being careful about
unwittingly signing away her rights. And wouldn't you know, I am being asked by social secuirty to sign a release that would enable every person in the world to slander me and not be accountable for it.
I, and I bet all of you, were targeted as vulnerable being we are regular people who would never be able to take these predators to court. I have suffered tremendously to get litigation filed on my own as I couldn't depend on anything being done otherwise and now the people who are supposed to be guarding my rights and protections are getting down in the ditch. shocked? don't be. Just let someplace like Hardball know if you fill predators have been given free reign in your state. thanks.
person in the world to slander me
#16 Consumer Comment
victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
AUTHOR: Jane - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
#17 Consumer Comment
victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
AUTHOR: Jane - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
#18 Consumer Comment
victim of real esatte fraud perpetrated by a rehabber in cleveland, the appraiser
AUTHOR: Jane - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
#19 UPDATE EX-employee responds
fraud is rampant at ameriquest managers responsible
AUTHOR: Rob - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
#20 Consumer Comment
afraid of loosing my home and the treatment i am getting from Ameriquest is terribe, I paid for my insurance in my closing and called to file a claim because of the hurricane, and my insurance company did not have a clue who i am
AUTHOR: Crystal - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, September 12, 2004
#21 Consumer Comment
Familia in almost everyway...I'm becoming a frequently outraged victim of Ameriquest
AUTHOR: Susan - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, August 29, 2004
I did, he was fired. Soon another "several" sales pitches resumed Rushed closing, interest rates from last 3 refinances all raised, to justify their higher than quoted rate. New assessment because the Romeo guy didn't leave any of his records.
4 contracts arrrived (2 with notary...."I don't work for Ameriquest) and (2 via Fed Ex...."don't open them until notary here or contract will be null and void). Paper everywhere. othing numbered.
Never placed in escrow, payoff shorted quite a bit of money.
e-mails to a few loan managers a hoot. What lies, One said they don't work off of truth and lending DOCS
No one knew about money shorted. First they blamed it on the title company Bridgespan, Said company went out of buiness. City taxes were paid (not by me) then they stopped.I never recieved bills.
2 weeks after I closed my rep got really nervous and wanted to know if I had anymore paystubbs...being a nurse and all. I was sick..the romantic guy knew that. High blood pressure.
Told him no I was working a little less to de-stress. He was near meltdown.
Made payments, a day or 3 late, they began to call and yell 4-8 times a day monday-SUNDAY. Nasty and threating. In November I recieved a intent to foreclose because I was a week late. My late fees began on the 14th....I had nothing outstanding owed. My nerves suddenly gave out.
I ended up in a crisis center. because my pressure was so high. Dec. officially disabled, until May when I had a heart attack.
January I was sent another letter with intent to foreclose, I couldn't even sit up. I put my house up for sale , and recieved an offer. Ameriquest's states that the payoff can only be don't via mail and only on the day of closing.
I get this feeling I'll be homeless.
What a well orchiated ride they took me on.
pardon the misspelling. Seems spelling and trusting happen to be my weak points.
At least I can live knowing I'm a nice human being and would never take advantage of anyone.
Count me in before millions of others are taken advantage off.
#22 UPDATE Employee
AMERIQUEST HAS SHARP TEETH
AUTHOR: MARYJO SHELTON - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 28, 2004
I REQUESTED A TRANSFER TO WORK CLOSER TO HOME, BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF THIS MANAGER, HE WOULD THREATEN ME EVERY DAY. THERE ARE SOME OF US AT AMERIQUEST THAT "DO THE RIGHT THING" BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE A DYING BREED.
I TOLD MY H/R REP ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES I HAD SEEN IN MY AREA, AND WAS PRESSURED TO PARTICIPATE IN. ALSO I HAVE SEEN RAMPANT DRUG USE AND SEXUAL HARRASMENT BY AMC UPPER MANAGEMENT.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS BOOK LOANS, AND WORK HARD. AND NOW THAT I HAVE "LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG" ABOUT FRAUD IN CALIFORNIA, I AM BEING HARRASSED AND SCRUTENIZED, AND THREATENED ON A DAILY BASIS BY MY EMPLOYER, AND BY HUMAN RESOURCES....MY OLD MGR.
HAS EVERYONE IN "HIS WORLD" PAID OFF FROM THE FUNDERS AND UNDERWRITERS AT CORPORATE, TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPS, WHO DO THE BRANCH AUDITS. THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD LOANS TO SELL AT AMERIQUEST, BUT THE GOOD PEOPLE ARE BEING RUN OFF, OR FORCED TO COMPROMISE OURSELVES TO KEEP OUR JOBS....STRESSFUL.
I AM AMAZED AT THE THINGS I HAVE SEEN, AND BEEN ASKED TO DO AS A MGR, BY MY UPPER MANAGEMENT!! I THINK I NEED AN ATTORNEY. WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?...I FEEL LIKE I WORK FOR THE DEVIL HIMSELF AT TIMES.
#23 Consumer Comment
Ameriquest Got Me Too
AUTHOR: James - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
#24 UPDATE EX-employee responds
How are they allowed to survive?
AUTHOR: Former - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 07, 2004
Other lending institutions have systems which prevent these activities. Why does Ameriquest refuse to use these procedures. Once again, it goes to show that upper management encourages these activities. Also, where are the authorities? Why arent they cracking down on this?
If you work for ameriquest and see this kind of activity get out of there and contact your local DA office.
Bring them down!
#25 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fraudulent Support
AUTHOR: Kirk - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, August 06, 2004
#26 REBUTTAL Individual responds
About to make the same mistake
AUTHOR: Thomas - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, August 05, 2004
#27 Consumer Suggestion
R, E. HUGHES, SR -- CLASS ACTION SUIT VS AMERIQUEST
AUTHOR: EDGAR - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, July 28, 2004
please count me as a member of your class action lawsuit against ameriquest.......i was also victimized by this predatory lender .. the complaints posted on ripoff reporter describing ameriquest modus operandi were very much similar to what i've encountered with this greedy loan shark....or mine is even worsT......for three months that i had my mtge WITH ameriquest, total losses amounted to $48,000....... it started when they refied my THEN existing low 5.75% 2/28 mtge with wamu 500k by appraisng proprty at 650k and at 90%ltv got a new loan 1st td 585K at 9% 2/28 with total closing cost/point at whopping 26,000..getting me a cash out of 50K..after 3 months i went back to wamu.....and refied again....all three refis done in one year.....wondering how i did that? ..just feeling lucky and blessed that house values in the residential hollywood area by the paramount studio almost doubled in the past 2 years.....but i am still serious in doing the class action lawsuit.....CALLING ALL VICTIMS OF AMERIQUEST, ITS TIME TO MOVE AND TAKE ACTIONS TO STOP THIS LenDER ...OR ELSE we'll all be holding our pieces together ....FOREVER.
#28 Consumer Comment
Ameriquest I was told is also Olympus/bedford/Town and Country
AUTHOR: Cheryl - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 12, 2004
We had agreed on all of the closing and the loan amount. The paper work came in to us from the mortgage company.
Everything in the loan documents has got to be someone elses loan there are things in there we NEVER agreed on. We have $8,000.00 in fees and we have no escrow account.
Our closing was set for June 25th but they stalled us said "THEY" premier screwed up us getting FHA loan. WE are FIRST time home buyers and our loan says refinance. Our home cost is $90,000. our loan is for 98,000. and they want us to bring $3,500 to closing.
We told the appraisel company dont bother coming out because we cant get ahold of our loan officer to work out these numbers. Therefore our loan has been in limbo for almost 2 weeks now.
Thank god we rent from the seller so we are able to wait but things don't look good. My opinion is they think we will say screw it and go to closing and sign whatever we have to. None of the numbers match from loan amount to interest rate.
I cant even get a good faith out of them that has accurate numbers and I am sure when respa made it law to provide us with a good faith the law must say make sure the numbers are relavant to the loan.
It looks like someone's 10 yr old typed the numbers in. Please contact me I am looking up the laws tonight. It really sounds like these companies are up to no good.
#29 Consumer Comment
Ameriquest I was told is also Olympus/bedford/Town and Country
AUTHOR: Cheryl - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 12, 2004
We had agreed on all of the closing and the loan amount. The paper work came in to us from the mortgage company.
Everything in the loan documents has got to be someone elses loan there are things in there we NEVER agreed on. We have $8,000.00 in fees and we have no escrow account.
Our closing was set for June 25th but they stalled us said "THEY" premier screwed up us getting FHA loan. WE are FIRST time home buyers and our loan says refinance. Our home cost is $90,000. our loan is for 98,000. and they want us to bring $3,500 to closing.
We told the appraisel company dont bother coming out because we cant get ahold of our loan officer to work out these numbers. Therefore our loan has been in limbo for almost 2 weeks now.
Thank god we rent from the seller so we are able to wait but things don't look good. My opinion is they think we will say screw it and go to closing and sign whatever we have to. None of the numbers match from loan amount to interest rate.
I cant even get a good faith out of them that has accurate numbers and I am sure when respa made it law to provide us with a good faith the law must say make sure the numbers are relavant to the loan.
It looks like someone's 10 yr old typed the numbers in. Please contact me I am looking up the laws tonight. It really sounds like these companies are up to no good.
#30 Consumer Comment
Frustrating to get state agencies to take any real action!
AUTHOR: Maria - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, July 11, 2004
We have begun our own investigating. We have tried to contact other victims by simply going to the courthouse--PUBLIC RECORDS--getting a list of AMERIQUEST mortgage transactions in court (including foreclosure, after all many of Ameriquest's victim's could end up in foreclosure with no way out because of how their loan was set up)....and then trying to locate them. My fiancee contacted another state office regarding the insurance fraud. Nothing seems to have happened there either!
If this paragraph is permitted, we have established a Mortgage Fraud Ingestigation and any input would be appreciated. Mail to PO Box 4103, Clearwater, FL 33758-4103.
OH, two of our friends who have filed their on PRO SE lawsuits are now being threatened by Ameriquest's attorneys.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.....They were told by the "Executive Office" (as it was quoted to them) that their past three mortgage payments have been put into a different account to cover legal fees because of the law suit.
WHAT IS THAT BESIDES PURE INTIMIDATION! IT HAS CERTAINLY GOT TO BE ILLEGAL BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS.
#31 REBUTTAL Individual responds
NEED MORE INFORMATION, NEED HELP!!!!!!
AUTHOR: Michelle - (United States Minor Outlying Islands)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, July 10, 2004
It is in here also. Please take a look at that to see if there is any way that there can be a class action law suit or anything that you can tell me that might help. We have been fighting with Ameriquest over 6 months for more thatn $7000 and still have no money that was due to us or no response. NEED HELP!!!!
See my letter from Tampa Florida Last week in June.
PLease help!!!! Thanks
#32 UPDATE EX-employee responds
I used to work at Ameriquest
AUTHOR: James - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, July 09, 2004
These are all ways in which Ameriquest knowingly breaks the law. I truly feel sorry for anyone that has done business with Ameriquest because they are probably "upside down" on their mortgage. Ie...they owe more that what their house is even worth. Not to mention the extremely high closing costs.
#33 Consumer Comment
we unwittingly signed everything
AUTHOR: Charles - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, July 08, 2004
We signed a contract on 6/17/04, and have since discovered multiple errors on the loan package; we've been told a multitude of lies and broken promises. Checks were cut to wrong entities and in incorrect amounts. HUD settlement doesn't match summary of debts and dispursements to borrower. In fact, $117.40 is missing and still unaccounted for. We were told by Ameriquest "not to worry about it". We were also charged outrageous and unfair fees. The interest rate was jacked up without our knowledge or consent; we were rushed through the closing, too.
Unfortunately for us, we do not understand the language of the mortgage loan, so we unwittingly signed everything. It was not until the checks were dispursed (we were told that we would get over $3000, but we got a check for $210.14) that we realized something was very wrong. Now Ameriquest "doesn't know what went wrong" and they are stalling. They won't answer the phone, one person "no longer works there", or the manager is "in a meeting." The last time we got the manager on the phone he promised to send us a letter informing us how they were going to correct the problems. Surprise? No letter.
Bottom line...HOW DO WE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU? Who do we call in the State of Florida, and what is the phone number?
#34 Consumer Comment
Requesting Information Please.
AUTHOR: Dana - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 02, 2004
scam and I am quite concerned. How can I access
the actual lawsuits to read and have my Attorney
go over? Thus far, I've been unable to locate
this information on-line.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

