Bruce Cash, United Strategies, Inc., USI Consulting USI Consulting, Southwest Resource Services, LLC , Mecca Productions, LLC ,The Brownfield Group, LLC, Laguna Development, LLC, Water Protection, Inc., Avista Development, LLC, Usr West Coast, LLC Defrauded out of $65,000 Redlands California

On February 8, 2016 I was referred to Bruce Cash (USI Consulting & Southwest Resource Services, LLC) regarding some issues on my property in Fontana.  There was $91K in property taxes due on the property and he said he could reduce it to $50K after an assessment appeal.  There's also approx $4K in code enforcement fines which he said he could take care of through his connections with the city of Fontana. He also told me he could clear up other leans on the property. I paid him $10K up front for these services. 2 weeks ago I contacted the assessor and they stated there was no contact from Bruce Cash or USI consulting. I missed an important deadline on April 11 and was given an additional penalty.  I would have paid the taxes before then if I had known. Bruce told me he was working on it any I had nothing to worry about. As of today, there is no evidence that he's completed any work on the property. He conned me. I've had to hire someone else to work on these issues.

In early March he called me up and said he had an investment opportunity regarding the purchase of a 5 acre lot in Fontana and he needed $35K.  He already had the buyer and seller lined up, he just needed the money to deposit into escrow.  If successful, I would get $50K in addition to my $35K investment.  If it fell out, I would immediately be fully refunded my $35K + 12% interest on these funds.  He he kept on stressing that there is zero risk. On June 1, I found out that the deal never went into escrow and the property was sold to a different party.  I found this out on my own, asked Bruce for my money back and so far been given one excuse after another.

Shortly after I gave him the $35K in March, he also pitched me on an investment regarding a project he was waiting for payment on (Ecology - State Sand & Gravel).  He provided me with invoices he was waiting on payment  for totaling $26,677.  He needed $20K immediately and in return he would give me the $26,677 ($8,252 + $18,424) from the invoices when they were paid.  He said I would be repaid within 2-3 weeks, maybe sooner if he got paid earlier. He again stressed that there is absolutely zero risk.  2 weeks ago I contacted the (Ecology - State Sand & Gravel) regarding the invoices. I spoke to the co-owner and chief operating officer of ecology.  According to them, the invoices are completely fabricated - they had never seen them before I provided them a copy.  They said there is no basis, contractual or implied, for Bruce to be able to create the invoices he sold me and a crime was probably committed.