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Report: #1247264

Complaint Review: Veritas Law Group - Los Angeles California

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  • Reported By: HomeOwner 123 — Castaic / Los Angeles California USA
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  • Veritas Law Group 633 West 5th St. 26th Floor Los Angeles, California USA

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My husband and I wanted a loan modifcation on a 2nd mortgage.

Veritas Law Group (specifically John Garibyan) INSISTED that we modify both the 1st and 2nd mortgages, even though our first mortgage was current.

Veritas charged us $15,000 up front.

Veritas did not put an attorney's name on the contract we signed, only "Veritas Law Group".

Veritas never modified the 2nd mortgage.  They sent frauduelnt correspondence full of lies to the bank and forged our signatures (all without our knowledge).  They internally closed our file (without our knowledge), then had us write a check (made out to Veritas Law Group) for the 2nd mortgage loan settlement.

Veritas then DISAPPEARED.  The former office in downtown Los Angeles is gone, empty.  The phones are disconnected.

We are working with the Los Angeles City Attorney's office to file criminal charges and get our money back.

We are already in contact with a few victims and are looking for more.  If you have been defrauded by Veritas Law Group, Andrew Weitz, John Garibyan, Shobert Vartan and/or John Ribarich, please contact us immediately via RipOff Report.

Stay away from any and all of these b*******:  John Garibyan, Andrew Weitz, Shobert Vartan, John Ribarich, Veritas Law Group, New Horizon and Associates, Equity Financial Mortgage, Century 1st Inc.

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 08/08/2015 12:56 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/veritas-law-group/los-angeles-california-90071/veritas-law-group-andrew-weitz-shobert-vartan-john-garibyan-john-ribarich-stole-lie-1247264. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#9 Consumer Comment

John Garibyan found

AUTHOR: Pat - (United States)

POSTED: Friday, September 13, 2019

John Garibyan is easy to find.  He owns a mortgage company called CitiSky in Glendale

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#8 Author of original report

Info.

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POSTED: Wednesday, August 24, 2016

We'd love to get in touch with you.  Please contact us at fightmortgagescam@gmail.com.

Once we hear from you we'll be able to exchange phone numbers and speak directly.

 

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#7 Consumer Comment

Scammed by Veritas Law Group

AUTHOR: CLarson - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, May 19, 2016

We met with John Garibyan of Veritas Law Group in his beautiful Los Angeles office.  He stated that our heloc would be simple to negotiate and it would be completed within 2 weeks.  Since it would be completed so quickly they required us to pay in full.  We fell hook line and sinker and wrote the check.  About 6-8 mos in, we met with John to complain about the time it has taken and that the person assigned to our file was not doing her job.  This person had the nerve to be rude to us, all the while, they were planning on taking our money.  John assigned us to a different "counselor" that also did nothing.  I contacted them when they told me they were moving offices.  I asked them point blank if they were closing shop and taking our money and they said absolutely not.  I had a cell number from a girl I had originally contacted, and she had called me back to confirm our appt from her cell phone.  I called her once the lines were disconnected and she told me that she no longer works for the law group.  She gave me a name of a law firm that was supposed to be handling our file.  I called her a couple times after, because that law firm said they would not be handling our file.  She did not respond to my other calls.  We are unable to find a copy of our  "contract".  We keep every piece of paper that enters our home.  I can only think that when they went to make copies of our paperwork, a copy was not returned to us.  We do have a copy of the cancelled check though.

 

 

 

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#6 General Comment

same issues

AUTHOR: Upset - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, November 19, 2015

please contact me, I have had some of the same issues as you.

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#5 General Comment

Baralu

AUTHOR: Baralu - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, November 19, 2015

 I was ripp off to for 17.800 up front fees on a modification which was veritas law firm in Los Angeles please contact me.

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POSTED: Sunday, October 11, 2015

Hi JusticePlease -  We tried reaching you via RipOff Report customer service, but they were not helpful.  Please email us directly at fightmortgagescam@gmail.com.  Please include your phone number and we will call you.  We look forward to speaking with you and working together.  Thank you!

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#3 Consumer Suggestion

New infromation

AUTHOR: jasmvarg - (USA)

POSTED: Friday, October 09, 2015

I was trying to look up information on my possible new employer: First National Finance Corp. Couldn't find any information on it or on the website: firstnationfinance.com, which I found extremely odd. The phone numbers weren't listed either. 

Came across these reports in my search.

Look up the website, one of the links provides info on who created it, Shobert Vartan. I have a possible location of this new "business" if interested. 

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#2 Consumer Comment

contact me please

AUTHOR: JusticePlease - (USA)

POSTED: Saturday, September 12, 2015

I am a victim too, please contact me at your convienance.

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#1 Author of original report

Update / Clarification

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POSTED: Thursday, August 13, 2015
an update to this RipOff Report:

I did business at Veritas Law Group.  John Garibyan (he said he was a “paralegal”) was my main contact at Veritas Law Group.  He lied to me many many times and stole large sums of money from me.

John Garibyan told me that he was starting a new company, Equity Financial Mortgage.

This past Saturday evening (August 8, 2015), after I posted this RipOff Report just that afternoon, a man showed up at our home at 8:30pm.  It was already dark outside.  This man was a stranger - we had never met or spoken with him before.  He said he came because of the RipOff Report mentioning his company, Equity Financial Mortgage.  He said his name was Martin Castro.

RipOff Reports are anonymous.  How did he know who posted the report?  And then how did he find out our home address? Furthermore - why would he show up at a stranger’s home, on a weekend, at night, in the dark, without attempting at least a PHONE CALL first?  That was COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.  It was scary.  I was scared that a stranger identified me from an anonymous online report, tracked down my home address, and then physically showed up at my home on a weekend in the dark.

On Wednesday we received a letter (dated August 9, 2015) that began:  “My name is Martin Castro.  I am the President and Managing Broker at Equity Financial Mortgage.”  The letter asked us to remove Equity Financial Mortgage from the RipOff Report or he will seek legal action.

I will clarify my original RipOff Report:  I have not done business with Equity Financial Mortgage.  I did business with Veritas Law Group via John Garibyan.  John Garibyan told me that Equity Financial Mortgage was HIS company that he was starting.  Apparently John Garibyan is not the owner but an employee there.  Yet another one of his lies.  Or perhaps he is partial owner somehow behind-the-scenes, I honestly don’t know.  All I know is that John Garibyan told me Equity Financial Mortgage was his new company that he was starting.

John Garibyan, formerly with Veritas Law Group, lied to us and stole from us.  John Garibyan is now affiliated with Equity Financial Mortgage.  Do not trust John Garibyan for one second.  Run.  As for Equity Financial Mortgage and Martin Castro - I have not done business with them.  All I know of Martin Castro is that he showed up as a stranger at our front door and then sent us a letter.
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