Ernest Brancheau Or Ernie identity theft, con artist, faking cancer, low life, scum of the earth, manipulative ripoff deception ? Could Be Anywhere Now Nevada

Short story ---------------

Ernest Alfred Brancheau aka ?? Real name?? Short, stocky, crew cut hair Left eye is permanently shut and damaged. Hearing aid in left ear. Proclaims to have brain cancer.....DOES NOT!!!!!! Sometimes talks with lisp or speech impediment (faked?) Likes to visit Starbucks, and Jambajuice. WANTED IN MICHIGAN AND NOW CALIFORNIA FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD. CASE # in LOS ANGELES IS: 03-06-08347 IF YOU SEE THIS INDIVIDUAL (hard to miss!) CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is friendly BUT manipulative!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fakes having medical degree. Will offer to do your taxes......don't give up your ss#!!! Is not related to any individual from present or past of the Ford Corp. Had house in Las Vegas but avoiding it for fear of capture.

Long Story -------------------

Over the past six months (2002) my friend has been taking care of Ernest Brancheau whom he had met through a company that organizes charity walks.. Ernest befriended my friend and told my friend that he had brain cancer that was at stage 4 and only had a few months to live.

In September/ October of 2002, Ernest assumed the role of my friend's financial advisor and accountant. He called credit card companies and had my friend's interest rates reduced and without my knowledge slowly started to steal my friend's identity.

In January of this year, Ernest came to California to take care of some business for him and collapsed with kidney stones. My friend was in Miami at the time and cut his trip short so that he could take care of Ernest. During his recovery here, he decided that he wanted to live in the third bedroom of my friend's apartment. He said that he considered my friend and his other roommate as family and wanted to spend his final days with them.

The following six weeks, Ernest would spend up all night vomiting and he even faked two strokes in front of my friend and his roommates. About a month ago, Ernie decided that he wanted to buy a house with the money that his father (who allegedly was a CEO at Ford Motor Company until 1987) had willed him and give the house to my friend and his roommmate as a token of his appreciation for their loyalty. He had gone as far as to go into escrow on the house. He had structural inspections done on the house. He had the owner of the house fly back a week early from a trip to Thailand. He had the realtor start paying for minor repairs on the house. He gave the realtor a check from Merrill Lynch for $32000.00 for the realtors fee and a check for $650,000.00.

These checks bounced last week. When my ex roommate ( a cop) called Merrill Lynch to find out what was going on, they put him on the phone with a supervisor who told him that Ernest Alfred Brancheau is a wanted fugitive in the state of Michigan for high dollar amount theft, identity theft, fraud and forgery and that we should contact the Ann Arbor police department ASAP.

The ex-roommate/cop then had everything verified with the police department. A few days earlier, February 10th, Ernest faked his second stroke and my friend had a registered nurse from a hospice come over to help Ernest through the night. Ernest claimed that he was going against medical advisory and refused to let my friend call 911 because he did not want to be put on any life support.

Several red flags went off while the nurse was here and at the end of the night he pulled my friends aside and told them that Ernest was showing no signs of having brain cancer, but rather signs of being a drug addict. He had taken a dozen morphine tablets and just as many Vicodin. He started to become violent when they wouldn't let Ernest take it fast enough. We then started questioning Ernest and asked for proof that he had brain cancer. They started calling Ernest's doctors that he had told them were treating him at UCLA, USC, Las Vegas, and Michigan. None of the names of the doctors he gave them existed.

On Wednesday of last week (2/12/03), Ernest made his get away. This is when my friend discovered that he had stolen my friend's identity and had to immediately change his banking information, credit card information, etc. Ernie had access to all of his personal information and had opened accounts that he did not know existed. If Ernest happens to get in touch with anyone, I strongly encourage you to immediately call the Los Angeles police department at 213 485-4304.

The case number against him has a DR # of 03-06-08347. He is believed to be in Las Vegas at this point in time or possibly Michgan with his mother.

Lane
Los Angeles, California