THE SILVER ALERT - 5th Edition
- Robert F. Tobin
- May 31, 2024
- 7 min read
Updated: Mar 2
The Art of the Raw Deal
A step-by-step breakdown of a negligent conservator’s process for lying, cheating, and stealing under the radar.
Note: The victim and their family’s names have been censored to protect their identity. We may elect to refer to other parties involved with pseudo-names.
Trigger warning: mentions of abuse and manipulation. Reader discretion is advised.
In our previous blog posts, we spoke about Attorney X and how she colluded with Elderly Protective Services (EPS) to isolate and exploit a disabled woman. We’ve recently discovered that what we initially dug up when we started this blog barely scratches the surface.
When we took on the case, of our disabled client, “Ann,” our main goal was to bring her justice by exposing a few legal loopholes and the mismanagement of funds by her legal representative. We never imagined cracking open a pandora’s box of financial fraud orchestrated by a number of licensed professionals from different fields. Months of forensic accounting, witness testimony, and probate court trials have helped us piece together the step-by-step process of how Ann got duped out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
We’ve put together a timeline of events to help readers understand how the conservatorship industrial complex can work against disabled individuals in the U.S.—and just how many individuals outside the legal system are complicit.
How does she do it?
A Timeline of Events
Although Ann’s story begins far before the sale of her home, we are using this as a starting point as it is the core of her financial exploitation. For a more in-depth view of her story, click here.
2/18/22: Ann claims her home is worth more than $400k.
Once she finds out that Atty X’s first point of business is to sell her home, Ann asserts that with the renovations her son did for her, the home must be worth well over $400k.
2/25/22: Ann’s son, “Ray,” hires an Aging Life Manager to craft a care plan for his mother.
In the care plan, Ray expresses interest in purchasing his mother’s home as a retirement gift to also keep the home that he helped renovate in the family.
2/28/22: Ray receives three separate valuations for his mother’s home.
One of the these valuations was from a seasoned, award-winning real estate agent who suggested the home had a listing value of $575-$600k.
3/04/22 (12:00 PM): A professional photographer takes photos of Ann’s newly renovated home.
This means that Ann and Ray have timestamped documentation of the home with the renovations Ray completed for his mother (the same renovations that Atty X and the realtor will claim were done by the buyer).
For more photos and information, read our previous article
3/04/22 (2:00 PM) Ann’s conservatorship with Atty X officially begins.
At 2:00 pm, a hearing is held, after which Ann is legally under the guardianship of Atty. X. During the first couple of weeks of conservatorship, Atty X. isolates Ann from her family and the general public, claiming that she is “protecting” her from her son, Ray. This ensures that her son cannot get in touch with Ann to relay the information he received regarding Ann’s property value.
3/21/22: Gallow, Atty X’s partner, receives an offer from Atty X for Ann’s property, Gallow’s client signs the purchase agreement.
Just two weeks after the conservatorship begins, our client’s home is sold privately on behind closed doors.
3/22/22: The privately sold home is listed on the market
Despite Ray’s attempts to purchase the property from his mother at a much higher price, and the many valuations he sent her during this time.
3/22/22: Ann’s listing was taken off the market.
Yes, the same day it was listed. Atty X and the buyer, “G.I. Joe,” signed a contract a day before for the property sale and, interestingly enough, were both represented by the same real estate agent, “K.C”. To keep her hands clean, she made sure the contract was signed by an associate at her law firm, “Gallow”.
4/26/22: “G.I. Joe” buys the dip caused by Atty X and K.C.
Who we recently discovered has a direct connection to Attorney X.
5/31/22: Property relisted for $429k.
…$100k more than the price it was sold for just one month prior (with the same agent).
5/31/22: Ray calls the listing agent to inquire about the drastic increase in price.
He finds out that the realtor is "under the impression" that the new buyer did all the home renovations the son spent nearly a year working on. Ray even made sure to ask her several times to make sure she didn’t misunderstand the question—a dead giveaway that the Realtor was part of his mother’s conservatorship scam, too!
10/20/22: Atty X and Partner Atty Gallow WASH THE TITLE
This happened only 5 days before the first hearing on the estate with the local probate court. This is their "crew's" attempt to bury the family alive and LOCK-IN their abuse.
💨🔫THE SMOKING GUN🔫💨
If you need a smoking gun... how about the fact that this was warranty deed below was discovered AFTER Attorney X testified she knew nothing about the home flip. 🤯
10/25/22: First probate court hearing held regarding the property sale.
More than five months after the fraud was committed, Ray was finally granted a court date to discuss the details of his mother’s estate with the court. He had not been in contact with his mother during the eight months leading up to this date because Atty X had been isolating Ann to avoid this confrontation.
What went wrong here?
Lots of things. But the most concerning injustice is that Ann’s fiduciary failed to uphold her legal duty.
As a conservator, Attorney X is legally required to help her client make financial decisions that are in her client’s best interest, which she clearly failed to do. She caused Ann to lose out on at least $200-$250k of proceeds from the estate, and instead listed the property at such a low price that it got relisted for $100k more within one month.
The property sale was never reviewed by a probate court judge, which is required by law. This would have given her son and the judge a chance to review the listing price to determine whether it was the best option for her financially.
Attorney X sold the property through her personal law firm.
The buyer (and flipper) of the home who made a cool $100k profit in less than a month is a personal acquaintance of Attorney X (read more here)
So it came as no surprise when we found out the many other cases Attorney X is currently involved in.
Justice is still pending for Atty X’s previous victims
Sadly, many others have experienced financial abuse at the hands of Attorney X, including her clients and the care facilities where she “dumps” them.
For the record, we’re not exaggerating when we say “dumped”. To get a better idea of how bad-faith conservators like Atty X operate, we recommend watching the Netflix movie, I Care A Lot. The main character in it, played by Rosamund Pike, a corrupt conservator, provides a highly dramatized, but accurate example of Atty X’s process. And just like in the movie, she has many “clients” going at once.
Multiple others have reported severe financial negligence that spans from unpaid bills to general negligence and business sabotage. A quick search of public records has shown us that she is being legally pursued in cases involving:
1. Failure to Pay Business Debt ($200k)
As the guarantor for the bank loan for one of her earlier delinquencies, Atty X had to close her shelter and decided to be delinquent on her business loan after being accused of animal abuse.
2. Rehab Center Lawsuit ($150k)
The center is owed months of outstanding payments for several clients that Attorney X left in their care. They are still waiting for payment.
According to their lawsuit against Atty X, Atty X dodged the bills. Atty X then proceeded to open her own state investigation into the facility. The plaintiff sees this as retaliation in response to their demands.
Access the full lawsuit here.
Tisk, Tisk, Atty X. It's starting to look like you're the girl who cries wolf, now doesn't it?
Stay tuned for our documentary
At this point, Attorney X has so many debts to so many people that we doubt she will ever be able to pay it all back. While we may win our case in court, her victims may never get the chance to see the money that was stolen from them again.
This is precisely why we are working on a documentary to expose all the Atty Xs of the world and fundraise our client’s stolen retirement funds.
With the documentary, our goal is to raise awareness for other families and individuals considering conservatorship. We want people to know that there are many others out there who ruthlessly abuse power and break laws in their favor.
After all, if she has no problem leaving a disabled woman broke and homeless, what else is she capable of?
We believe that we have only begun uncovering the full extent of damage Atty X has done. And we intend to find out the whole truth.
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To donate to our fundraiser, click here! We also have a collection of DLM merch, many of which were made in collaboration with our client, Ann. Every penny goes towards recovering our client’s stolen retirement funds.
🎶If you take it there, I'm takin' it further🎶
🎶Psssssssst, that's somethin' you don't wanna do🎶
The CAF.
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